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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Richie that there is no meaning to the war in Vietnam?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Brunner.
(c) Rings.
(d) Brew.

2. At the end of the fight over land in Vietnam, what is dropped by jet plane into the clearing?
(a) Food rations.
(b) Napalm.
(c) Mustard gas.
(d) Paragliding soldiers.

3. What is the name of the soldier's new base, that they are moved to under Lieutenant Gearhart's command?
(a) Tram Yong.
(b) Train Long.
(c) Tame Lie.
(d) Tam Ly.

4. Who opens fire on the Vietnamese soldiers?
(a) The rescue helicopters.
(b) No one opens fire on the Vietnamese ally soldiers.
(c) The front line soldiers.
(d) The recovery tanks.

5. Which soldier is approached by Lt. Dongan asking if Lobel is a homosexual?
(a) Monaco.
(b) Peewee.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Richie.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the troops are attacked, trying to capture the piece of Vietnamese land, how does Richie feel?

2. What is the name of the soldier who is mortally wounded during the same fight in which Richie is shot?

3. Whose nineteenth birthday is celebrated by the troops when they return from the mission in the Vietnamese village?

4. After Richie's discussion with Johnson about the war protestors, what does he fall asleep thinking about?

5. Who is the first to open fire on the Vietnamese soldiers, allowing the chopper to land safely?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the rescue choppers open fire on the Vietnamese allies?

2. How does Richie explain the shooting of the Vietcong soldier to his brother, Kenny?

3. In Kenny's letter to Richie about Johnny Robinson, what does he say?

4. Where do Richie and Peewee spend the night when they are separated from their squad, and how do they find their way there?

5. Who is with Brew when he dies?

6. How does Richie kill his first Vietcong soldier, and what is his reaction to the killing?

7. How does it come to be that Richie is shot?

8. How do the American soldiers prepare the bodies of their fallen soldiers so that the enemy cannot mutilate them?

9. What letter does Gearhart give to Richie and Walowick to hold onto?

10. What offer does Gearhart make for the troops, when it is realized that the squads are unequally staffed?

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