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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the NVA leave behind?
(a) Guns and ammunition
(b) Abandoned packs and equipment
(c) Complete encampments
(d) Food supplies

2. Who are the two men Herr meets in Khe Sanh?
(a) Day Tripper and Mayhew
(b) Dana Stone and Day Tripper
(c) Mayhew and Page
(d) Page and Flynn

3. Where are Day Tripper and Mayhew from respectively?
(a) Detroit and New York City
(b) Kansas City and Atlanta
(c) Chicago and Detroit
(d) Detroit and Kansas City

4. The Special Forces man who kills one enemy and frees one prisoner is rewarded for killing how many and rescuing how many?
(a) Killing 2 and rescuing 1
(b) Killing 1 and rescuing 1
(c) Killing 14 and rescuing 6
(d) Killing 1 and rescuing 5

5. What is the General's response?
(a) He doubts the NVA can make such a manuver
(b) He is calling in more troops
(c) He is pulling American troops out of Khe Sanh
(d) He wants the NVA to attack Khe Sanh

6. Who do Prager and Herr meet with?
(a) The leader of the NVA
(b) President Johnson
(c) They attend a press junket
(d) General Tompkins

7. Why does Seann Flynn not seem to fit in a combat zone?
(a) Because he is very small
(b) Because Seann is a female
(c) Because he is young
(d) Because he is good looking

8. What do Red Cross nurses offer soldiers returning from battle?
(a) Coffee
(b) A night in town
(c) A hot bath
(d) A beer

9. What is China Beach?
(a) A place for in-country R&R
(b) Another military base
(c) A place where correspondents give press junkets
(d) The head of military operations

10. What news of Day Tripper does Herr receive at China Beach?
(a) He is dead
(b) He is also in China Beach
(c) He has been sent home
(d) He has been stationed in Saigon

11. Who gets regular leave to China Beach?
(a) The Press Corps
(b) The officers
(c) Good combat Marines
(d) Wounded Marines

12. What does Davies' in-country wife do for a living?
(a) She cleans latrines
(b) She sells vegetables
(c) She is a prostitute
(d) She works in the EM Club

13. Why don't the soldiers accept the coffee?
(a) They are too battle-weary
(b) They do not drink coffee
(c) They do not hear the women
(d) They are ordered not to stop

14. What battle occurs at the same time as the siege at Khe Sanh?
(a) Hue
(b) Langvei
(c) Danang
(d) Saigon

15. How often do soldiers get to go to China Beach?
(a) Only if their CO recommends them
(b) Every month
(c) At least once during a 13-month tour
(d) Every two weeks

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one correspondent ride through the middle of a battle?

2. What is the nickname Dink short for?

3. What event occurs at the same time as the Khe Sanh battle?

4. What is the unspoken fear Herr does not mention?

5. What is the name of the relief operation at Khe Sanh?

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