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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the best definition of a scout?
(a) Surveyor
(b) Scrutinizer
(c) Inspector
(d) Reconnoiter

2. What new job does O'Brien finally earn at the end of August?
(a) Captain
(b) Radio man
(c) Typist
(d) Munitions expert

3. What surrounds the perimeter of the refugee camp on the lagoon side?
(a) Mines
(b) Artillery rounds
(c) Barbed water
(d) Flags

4. Which of the following terms means someone with very little combat experience?
(a) Blue
(b) Black
(c) Red
(d) Green

5. What consumes Major Callicles?
(a) My Lai scandal
(b) Sense of right and fairness
(c) Prostitution
(d) Liberalism

6. What do the women of the camp spend their days doing?
(a) Hiding in their huts
(b) Sewing clothing for the soldiers
(c) Cleaning and cooking fish
(d) Hunting for food

7. For what event is Major Callicles asked to leave the base camp permanently?
(a) Burning down a brothel
(b) Harassing the soldiers
(c) Drinking
(d) Taking Drugs

8. How do the soldiers take vengeance?
(a) Hiding in the jungle
(b) Setting fire to villages
(c) Setting up their own mine fields
(d) Raping any women

9. What does Major Callicles feel is infecting the US military?
(a) Conservatism
(b) Rebellion
(c) Prostitution
(d) Liberalism

10. What practice seems to afford the soldiers some protection from nighttime Viet Cong attacks?
(a) Stealing Viet Cong rifles
(b) Hiding in wells
(c) Taking prisoners
(d) Destroying property

11. Which of the following terms does not accurately describe Captain Smith?
(a) Careless
(b) Brave
(c) Inept
(d) Slovenly

12. Which of the following is O'Brien's boss at camp LZ Gator?
(a) Captain Johansen
(b) Captain Smith
(c) Mad Mark
(d) Major Callicles

13. Pinkville used to be a what?
(a) Popular beach
(b) Population center
(c) Cemetery
(d) Wasteland

14. Which of the following best describes how O'Brien feels about Captain Johansen?
(a) Pity
(b) Reverence
(c) Dislikes
(d) Respect

15. What happens to Alpha Company as they are half way across the marsh?
(a) Hit by rocket-propelled grenades
(b) Surrounded by peasants revolting against their treatment
(c) They hit a Viet Cong soldier with their armored vehicles
(d) Run into a mine field

Short Answer Questions

1. In what do the Viet Cong hide the booby-trapped grenades?

2. Which of the following events takes place about one hour after the new commander takes charge of Alpha Company?

3. What does Captain Johansen tell O'Brien he would rather be than anything else?

4. In which part of her body had she been shot?

5. Which of the following physical signs of stress can be seen in Major Callicles?

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