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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Caputo's attempt to get closer to his men on leave in Danang work out?
(a) They end up in a brawl until the MPs arrive.
(b) They become closer and Caputo listens to their advice.
(c) The enlisted men do not trust Caputo, the officer.
(d) The conversation is muddled and Caputo gives up.

2. What happens with the ARVN scouts in the first offensive action?
(a) They are massacred by the Viet Cong.
(b) They are all captured and shot.
(c) They take a stand between the Marines and the enemy.
(d) They detach themselves and flee in panic.

3. What happens about two hundred yards away from the village?
(a) The invisible enemy opens automatic sniper fire on them.
(b) The Hill 267 howitzers shell near the place where they are.
(c) They get lost and go around in a circle.
(d) An attack helicopter goes ahead of them to strafe the area.

4. What does Caputo say about the VC guerrillas being everywhere?
(a) It is another way of saying nowhere.
(b) They have to suppose that any Vietnamese is a VC.
(c) The Americans are always outnumbered.
(d) The VC know all the secrets of the jungles and tall grasses.

5. What is the stated interest of the U. S. government for war in Vietnam?
(a) To bolster the American economy
(b) To establish a permanent military base in Vietnam
(c) To abolish Communism in the world
(d) To get control of Vietnam's oil supply

6. What lesson does Caputo learn that contradicts what he learned at Quantico?
(a) Not to shout orders to his men
(b) Not to stand up and give arm signals
(c) Not to light up a cigarette
(d) Not to lead a forced march

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

8. What does the village of Hua-Vuc conjure up in the minds of the Marines?
(a) It becomes symbolic of weariness.
(b) It is situated like the training villages of Quantico.
(c) It reminds them of Okinawa.
(d) It becomes synonymous with the war.

9. What does he imagine being in the military will be like?
(a) He thinks it will be frightening but he needs the money.
(b) He enters the war with romantic notions of being a hero.
(c) He thinks it will be dull and routine.
(d) He imagines it will be like taking a vacation.

10. What is the prognosis for Powell's recovery after his heatstroke?
(a) Damaged immune system
(b) Paralysis
(c) Probable brain damage
(d) Amnesia

11. What is the first offensive mission?
(a) Search and destroy
(b) Advance and wait
(c) Hit and run
(d) Hide and ambush

12. What does Lemmon tell Caputo that Sullivan is doing when he gets shot?
(a) Patrolling the area
(b) Filling canteens at the river
(c) Operating the radio
(d) Cleaning his rifle

13. How does Caputo explain Peterson's walking away and not looking at Sullivan after he is shot?
(a) He has no patience for stupidity.
(b) That is the way he is; he really loves this company.
(c) He never could stand the sight of blood.
(d) He thinks Marines have to be too tough.

14. How does Caputo describe his platoon?
(a) As men who enlist, train and travel together from the beginning.
(b) As a highly polished fighting machine that needed no training.
(c) They are all uneducated and street fighters.
(d) They are a group of strangers and misfits.

15. What does Caputo call the training for war?
(a) A subtle kind of mind control
(b) A little bit of hell
(c) The last torture
(d) The calm before the storm

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Vietnamese children try to sell bottles of Coke, why do the men refuse them?

2. What is the real resistance walking from the L to the Vietnamese village?

3. What is to be the measure of victory in the battle?

4. What happens when Caputo drinks with some Australian soldiers?

5. What is the refrain the sergeant teaches the men during war training?

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