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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. Who makes up Caputo's first command?
(a) Older, war experienced non-coms
(b) A group of forty Marines in the Third Marines Division
(c) Men he went to basic training with
(d) New recruits from Alabama

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

3. What does Caputo do at Camp Upshur, Virginia?
(a) He goes through basic training.
(b) He gets his physical fitness examination.
(c) He attends college classes.
(d) He waits for his orders to go to basic training.

4. How long do Caputo and his platoon continue guarding the parameters at Danang?
(a) Over a month
(b) Seven weeks
(c) Six months
(d) Six days

5. What is Big Ivan?
(a) The general who is overseeing the troop movement into combat
(b) The radio communications system needed for orders on the combat
(c) The radio code name for the battery of howitzers used ahead of the troop movement into combat
(d) The squadron of helicopters that will take the troops into combat

Short Answer Questions

1. When the wounded VC's trail leads around a bend in the river, what choices does Caputo have?

2. How does Caputo describe the descent of a helicopter?

3. A book by what author is Caputo trying to read while waiting at the outpost on top of a hill?

4. How do they get from Okinawa to Vietnam?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do they find when they rush a base camp near the LZ?

2. Why does the C-130 make a sudden steep assault-dive on the way to the war zone?

3. What always comes to Caputo's mind when he thinks of basic training?

4. How do Caputo and his 40-odd men get transported to the war zone?

5. Describe the Ruff-Puff's activity around the Beau Geste watchtowers.

6. What really causes the aloofness to Caputo at the base camp?

7. What does Caputo say the old salts used to tell him is the most memorable moment in an officer's life?

8. How does the platoon receive Caputo's first lecture?

9. How does Caputo describe the way a soldier fighting in the jungle should act?

10. What is the sound of 155mm artillery firing?

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