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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Staff Sergeant Brown?
(a) Lewis's staff sergeant in Vietnam.
(b) Lewis's staff sergeant during officer training.
(c) Chesty Puller's personal assistant.
(d) Chesty Puller's replacement.

2. What does Lewis see his father do for the first time the day he leaves home for war?
(a) Cry.
(b) Embrace Toddy.
(c) Walk away.
(d) Salute him.

3. What does Paul Barents teach Lewis?
(a) How to operate a remote control wheelchair.
(b) How to transfer his own body out of a wheelchair.
(c) To deal with one day at a time.
(d) The value of survival.

4. What news does Toddy give Lewis in Chapter 2?
(a) She is leaving him.
(b) She cannot have children.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She will not move away from her parents.

5. What did Lewis give Toddy when she visited him in the hospital?
(a) His grandmother's diamond engagement ring.
(b) A wedding ring on loan from Phil Leslie.
(c) Divorce papers.
(d) A deep kiss.

6. Why is the platoon's mission into the DMZ compromised?
(a) Corporal Watson steps on a land mine.
(b) A forbidden campfire alerts the Vietcong to the platoon's position.
(c) There is a delay due to Corporal Hitch's heat exhaustion.
(d) Lewis loses radio contact with Captain Woods.

7. Who is Corporal Watson?
(a) The senior corpsman.
(b) The platoon guide.
(c) Squad leader.
(d) The radio operator.

8. To what base is Lewis's father transferred in 1952?
(a) Port Everglades in Saluda, Virginia
(b) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
(c) Norfolk Naval Base in Portsmouth, Virginia.
(d) The Marine Recruit Depot in San Diego.

9. Who is Paul Barents?
(a) The doctor in charge of Lewis' hand surgery.
(b) Lewis's physical therapist.
(c) The hospital corpsman who encourages and assists Lewis.
(d) A double leg amputee and Lewis' roommate in the SOQ.

10. For what honor is Bob Kerrey nominated in Chapter 5?
(a) The Silver Star.
(b) The Legion of Merit.
(c) The Medal of Honor.
(d) The Purple Heart.

11. In 1952, what does Lewis observe in the base pool that he finds fascinating?
(a) The figures of the civilian nurses.
(b) The bulging, tattooed muscles of the soldiers.
(c) A mock battle.
(d) The drills of the SEAL team.

12. In Chapter 2, what waiver is Lewis granted?
(a) An educational waiver.
(b) A draft waiver.
(c) A vision waiver.
(d) A handicapped waiver.

13. Who is McMoangle?
(a) The hospital corpsman who encourages and assists Lewis.
(b) The doctor in charge of Lewis' hand surgery.
(c) Lewis's firstborn son.
(d) Lewis's physical therapist.

14. How does Lewis earn his first Purple Heart medal?
(a) He is injured while dragging a member of his platoon to safety.
(b) He is shot in the hand by a Vietcong sniper.
(c) He is shot in the leg while trying to escape an ambush.
(d) A piece of shrapnel from a booby trap injures his hand.

15. Why does Lewis' platoon look forward to patrolling the Tu Cau Bridge?
(a) It is a relatively safe and easy patrol.
(b) The vendors there sell cigarettes and beer.
(c) The ocean breezes cool the air as they patrol.
(d) The bunker there offers showers and hot food.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what country do young men flee to in 1967 to avoid the wartime draft?

2. Why does the platoon carefully bury their garbage?

3. What prevents Lewis from asking Toddy for a divorce?

4. Which solider in Lewis' platoon excels at walking point on patrols?

5. What does Eddie make?

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