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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do many of the correspondents act during the war?
(a) As if they are on vacation
(b) As if they are soldiers
(c) As if they are government officials
(d) As if it is a war movie

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

3. Who is the correspondent Herr travels with across the DMZ?
(a) Dana Stone
(b) Steven Miles
(c) Karsten Prager
(d) Seann Flynn

4. What is the unspoken fear Herr does not mention?
(a) That he will not get out of Khe Sanh alive
(b) That the NVA have more unknown weapons
(c) That Americans will run out of ammunition
(d) That the NVA will overrun Khe Sanh like Langvei

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

6. What question does Prager ask the General?
(a) For extra troops at Khe Sanh
(b) If they can have steak for dinner
(c) What he would do if the NVA attack Khe Sanh and supporting bases at once
(d) How to win the war

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

8. What does Mayhew announce that upsets Day Tripper?
(a) He has extended his stay by four months
(b) He has asked for a transfer
(c) He is being sent home
(d) He killed an innocent Vietnamese woman

9. What is the loud hammering Herr hears inside the Chinook helicopter?
(a) The propellors falling off
(b) Bullets hitting the underside of the helicopter
(c) The sound of bombs exploding in the air around the helicopter
(d) The gunfire issuing from the helicopter

10. What does Herr choose not to carry with him that many other reporters carry?
(a) Extra food
(b) Cameras
(c) Extra ammunition
(d) His credentials

11. What two things mark his visits with friends?
(a) Memories and Drugs
(b) Drugs and alcohol
(c) Longing and emptiness
(d) Marijuana use and Strange Dreams

12. What sights upset Day Tripper?
(a) Mayhew losing a leg
(b) Piles of dead Vietnamese
(c) The NVA soldiers hanging on the wire fence
(d) Wounded

13. What is an RPG?
(a) A Rolling Pocket Grenande
(b) A Reinforcement Platoon Grange
(c) A Rocket Placed Grenade
(d) A Rocket Propelled Grenade

14. What is the weapon that kills Mayhew?
(a) Land mine
(b) M-16
(c) RPG (rocket-propelled grenade)
(d) AK-47

15. What does Herr believe about the press secretary at Khe Sanh?
(a) That he is really a good soldier
(b) That he is scared of the war
(c) That he is no good at his job
(d) That he likes to tell lies

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Page on his next birthday?

2. Who gets regular leave to China Beach?

3. What are the two realities of the war?

4. What is the nickname Dink short for?

5. What did the NVA leave behind?

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