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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Dan's column when they enter Laos?
(a) They are invited to stay in the village.
(b) They are greeted by friendly civilians.
(c) They are shelled for a full day.
(d) Children offer them food.

2. What is Goodrich offered after he writes a report about the killing of the man and woman?
(a) He will be sent back to the World.
(b) He will be removed from his company.
(c) He will be discharged.
(d) He will be stationed outside of Vietnam.

3. What type of terrain is the Arizona shore the Marines climb onto from the chest high river?
(a) The shore is full of craters and shattered trees.
(b) The shore is mountainous.
(c) The shore is all flatland.
(d) The shore is mud and sand.

4. How does Cat Man feel as the helicopter flies away?
(a) He feels like a walking dead man.
(b) He feels like a killing machine.
(c) He feels like an abandoned child.
(d) He feels like a wild animal.

5. What prevents Snake's two teams from advancing to help Senator's team?
(a) The enemy uses flame throwers to drive the teams back.
(b) The enemy throws a barrage of grenades at them.
(c) The enemy fires tear gas crystals at them.
(d) The enemy fires a machine gun at the teams.

6. What do the Marines need to do as a result of Goodrich's statement about murder?
(a) An article 27 investigation
(b) An article 38 investigation
(c) An article 75 investigation
(d) An article 32 investigation

7. What is Hodges so excited about as he looks through the fog?
(a) A North Vietnamese Regiment is trapped by his men.
(b) He sees reinforcements arriving.
(c) He sees American tanks headed their way.
(d) He sees the North Vietnamese Regiment surrendering.

8. What is Goodrich's view of bush justice?
(a) He feels that it is just the way of war.
(b) He believes they have no right to play God.
(c) He feels that they are justified in killing the Vietnamese.
(d) He doesn't like it but he will participate.

9. What does a Vietnamese boy offer to sell to the soldiers as they work?
(a) Marijuana
(b) Tobacco
(c) His sister
(d) Rice

10. What do Dan's and his men do after being overrun by the NVC?
(a) Run into the bush
(b) Fight to the death
(c) Surrender
(d) Blow themselves up rather than be caught.

11. What does Goodrich do after a few months back home?
(a) He goes to visit friends across country.
(b) He gets a job in a hospital.
(c) He gets a job at a gas station.
(d) He returns to Harvard.

12. What is the duty the men are leaving for when they climb into the truck?
(a) Rear patrol
(b) Searching for booby traps
(c) Sand bag duty
(d) Rescue a POW

13. What does Bagger tell Hodges as they sit together on his cot?
(a) He feels something bad is going to happen.
(b) He thinks he might kill himself.
(c) He thinks Goodrich is a traitor.
(d) He feels protected by some unknown force.

14. What does Goodrich see hanging from a helicopter that is passing above him?
(a) A net with four living men and four dead men hanging from it
(b) A net with more ammunition
(c) A net with extra food rations
(d) A net with Vietcong prisoners

15. What happens to Hodges as the helicopters arrive to carry the wounded to safety?
(a) He is wounded in the thigh.
(b) He loses consciousness.
(c) He is shot in the foot.
(d) Hot metal rips through his side.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many dead men does his friend tell Hodges about?

2. What are Snake and the other men so excited about as they travel from the helicopter pad?

3. What is the condition of Snake's mother's home?

4. What is Kersey's reply when Hodges asks him if there is somewhere his men can hold up until the fighting starts?

5. As Snake sees the mountains in the distance, what does he think about himself?

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