3. Which of the following statements best summarizes the overall meaning of "Charming Billy?"
o US soldiers in the Vietnam War were proud to represent their country.
Soldiers from the Vietnam War were less effective because some of them had
been drafted.
The US military did not properly prepare soldiers for the fighting conditions in
Vietnam.
O The soldiers in the Vietnam War needed training in both physical and
psychological survival tactics.
4. Which of the following sentences supports your answer to question 3?
o "He would tell it to his father, how Billy Boy had been scared to death, never
letting on."
“But even when he smelled salt and heard the sea, he could not stop being
afraid."
O "But he could not stop giggling, the same way Billy Boy could not stop bawling
that afternoon."
"He could not remember what they'd said about how to stop being afraid; they
hadn't given any lessons in courage—not that he could remember."