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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. The area is now abandoned but had once been a thriving area for which type of product?
(a) Soybeans.
(b) Dairy cows.
(c) Goats milk.
(d) Rice.

2. How many Vietcong are captured during the ambush?
(a) 11.
(b) 14.
(c) 18.
(d) 23.

3. Who has control of the area?
(a) Downs' platoon.
(b) Vietcong.
(c) ARNV.
(d) Vietnamese.

4. Despite the rugged terrain, the officers manage to _____ the injured men.
(a) Evacuate.
(b) Rescue.
(c) Treat.
(d) Obliterate.

5. The men are attacked by an ambush shaped to resemble which letter?
(a) V.
(b) H.
(c) U.
(d) T.

Short Answer Questions

1. Back at the camp Sells orders Downs to hike _____ kilometers south of the bridge.

2. How is the attacking NVA officer killed?

3. Who issues the order to let the men go?

4. As they descend from the top of the mountain many men are attacked by which of the following:

5. What approximate age is the man in the bunker?

Short Essay Questions

1. What incident takes place involving the seven civilians? What is the attitude of the soldiers on both sides?

2. Why is Downs angry when Sells releases the two men hiding in the bunker?

3. What happens to a soldier from the Alpha Company's 3-6 platoon?

4. Discuss Downs' opinion of the base camp and area surrounding Pleiku.

5. Explain the trip to the area around the Tam Ky province. What is the general atmosphere of the area.

6. What is the plan issued to Downs by Captain Sells?

7. The day after the conflict, there is another ambush. Who is ambushed? The recent events cause the men to have what realization? What is the reaction of the soldiers?

8. Where is the Tam Ky province? How is it similar to the old base camp outside Duc Pho?

9. Explain what the author means by the genocidal aspect of the war. How does Downs justify this behavior?

10. Explain the scene in which the Alpha Company engages in a large scale battle.

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