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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the smaller bases built?
(a) Along the route to Saigon
(b) Along the route to Hue
(c) Along the route to Khe Sanh
(d) Along the route to My Lai

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

3. How many writers does Herr estimate are in Vietnam during the Tet Offensive?
(a) 600-700
(b) 6-7
(c) 60-70
(d) 100-200

4. How does Herr find the conditions now in Khe Sanh?
(a) No change
(b) Devastated
(c) Greatly improved
(d) About the same

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

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

7. Herr learns that Mayhew died by _____________________________.
(a) a heart attack
(b) being hit directly in the chest
(c) a self-inflicted gunshot wound
(d) an ambush

8. What event occurs at the same time as the Khe Sanh battle?
(a) Herr's birthday
(b) Page dies in battle
(c) The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
(d) The Beatles visit Saigon

9. Who recognizes Herr at China Beach?
(a) Dan Rather from CBS
(b) Robert McNamara
(c) General Tompkins
(d) Two Marines from the 26th Company

10. What is a Seabee?
(a) A Green Beret trained in aquatics
(b) The coast guard
(c) A construction battalion
(d) A Navy Seal

11. What is the nickname Dink short for?
(a) Rinky-Dinky-Doos
(b) Dinky doo
(c) Dink-a- Dinks
(d) Rinky-Dink

12. Where is Mayhew's friend recovering before returning to Khe Sanh?
(a) Saigon
(b) China Beach
(c) Hue
(d) Danang

13. What rock and roll artist does one soldier play during a firefight?
(a) Jimi Hendrix
(b) The Beatles
(c) Elvis Presley
(d) Buddy Holly

14. With which general do Herr and Prager meet?
(a) General Eisenhower
(b) General North
(c) General Tompkins
(d) General Thompson

15. How long has the Special Forces at the EM Club been in Vietnam?
(a) Two tours
(b) Four tours
(c) 48 months
(d) Thirty-six months

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Prager ask the General?

2. According to Herr, how do the higher levels of the military behave?

3. What do the soldiers do in China Beach?

4. Who gets regular leave to China Beach?

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

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