Dispatches Test | Final Test - Easy

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Dispatches Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does JUSPAO stand for?
(a) Joint US Public Affairs Office
(b) Journalists from US Publishing Articles Overseas
(c) Joint US Publishing Affairs Organization
(d) Joining United States Publishers Articles Overseas

3. Who is the press secretary for Khe Sanh?
(a) Colonel David Lownds
(b) Seann Flynn Page
(c) Dana Stone
(d) Herr

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

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

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

7. What do the NVA have that no one expected them to have?
(a) American weapons
(b) French Rocket Launchers
(c) Soviet tanks
(d) Helicopters

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

9. What does Herr begin the chapter with?
(a) An account of the Tet Offensive
(b) A memory from his childhood
(c) A listing of soldiers who died at Khe Sanh
(d) Twenty accounts that happen during Vietnam

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long has the Special Forces at the EM Club been in Vietnam?

3. What news of Mayhew does Herr receive at China Beach?

4. What does Page represent to the Marines?

5. What is the nickname Dink short for?

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