1. How does Caputo describe the Viet Cong division he first becomes aware of by looking at a site map, a map showing positions of allies and enemy in the field.
(a) It is poorly organized but almost invisible.
(b) It is situated in places unseen in the daylight.
(c) Instead of an insurgency, it is an attack force.
(d) Instead of a phantom sniper, it is a whole division of phantoms.

2. What irony does Caputo see in the guerrilla warfare manual he had studied in the States?
(a) The remark that the jungle is only in Africa.
(b) The statement that one should not be afraid of the jungle.
(c) The idea that the jungle is only trees.
(d) The suggestion that the enemy could not advance in the jungle.

3. In the evening, why are the peasant girls rushing down the road to their village?
(a) They cannot find their way after dark.
(b) The Viet Cong regularly passes that way in the darkness.
(c) they are frightened by the American Marines.
(d) The rule is that Vietnamese outside after curfew are considered Viet Cong.

4. What becomes of Vietnamese wounded in battle or victims of landmines?
(a) They take desk jobs in their headquarters.
(b) They are left to beg on the streets.
(c) They are put up in retirement homes.
(d) They are usually shot.

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