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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When does Herr finally take up a weapon?
(a) When he is dared to shoot a water buffalo
(b) When a VC threatens him
(c) When another soldier makes him use a gun
(d) During the Tet Offensive
2. What are the four geographical areas of Vietnam?
(a) delta, flats, piedmont, highlands
(b) delta, rivers, mountains, plains
(c) plains, piedmont, mountains, lowlands
(d) north, south, east, west
3. No soldier would want to return home with this.
(a) Shell shock
(b) Depression
(c) Lost limbs
(d) Malaria
4. What are the streets of Saigon full of?
(a) Prostitutes
(b) Dead soldiers
(c) Crime and trash
(d) Animals
5. What do men do to reduce glare?
(a) Paint their faces
(b) Use umbrellas
(c) Wear baseball caps under their helmets
(d) Wear sunglasses
Short Answer Questions
1. Reporters compare the Khe Sanh base to what other military conflict?
2. How many times does the young marine miss his transport?
3. What do the soldiers trade for the marijuana?
4. Some soldiers feel they must stop the war or Communism will go where?
5. In what city is Herr's apartment?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who are Day Tripper and Mayhew? What does Herr do with them?
2. Why does Herr feel emptiness and longing while visiting old friends?
3. Why do you think the chaplain lies to the soldier whose legs have been blown off?
4. Describe the events that finally make Herr take up a weapon and the role he plays in the Tet Offensive.
5. Herr talks with a black Marine about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. What impact does the assassination have on the black soldiers in Vietnam?
6. Khe Sanh is compared to another battle fought nearly ten years earlier. What is the name of that battle and what happened?
7. Describe China Beach and what soldiers do there.
8. Discuss Page's wound and his recovery.
9. Who are the Montagnards and what role do they play in the Vietnam War?
10. How does the news of Day Tripper and Mayhew affect Herr's time at China Beach?
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