1. What are some of the things Caputo learns in Marine training?
(a) Physical exercize, recommended reading, and filing of paperwork.
(b) Use of new technology, making homemade weapons, and disarming women combatants.
(c) Survival skills, Marine history, rules and regulations, weaponry, and how to kill.
(d) Military protocol, military dress, military jargon, and Marine Corps traditions.

2. Where are most of the men when the orders come to deploy to Vietnam?
(a) Sitting on the beach surf fishing
(b) Asleep in their quarters
(c) On leave in Tokyo
(d) Out drinking and visiting the Okinawan prostitutes

3. What sobering realization does Caputo come to after his service in Vietnam?
(a) That war is the only answer to the problems of the world.
(b) He wants so badly to be a man in the middle of danger, that he did not realize he iss toying with death.
(c) That serving your country is a greater responsibility than anyone understands.
(d) He is too young when he enlists to realize how boring the military really is.

4. At what age does Philip Caputo enlist in the Marine Corps?
(a) 18
(b) 20
(c) 21
(d) 19

5. What do Caputo and his platoon have in common?
(a) They all have the desire to stop sitting around and get to the business of war.
(b) They all have the same tattoos.
(c) They all think they made a big mistake by enlisting.
(d) They are all homesick and want to go back home.