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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. What evidence do they find to show it is a VC attack?
(a) They discover prints in the mud made by men without shoes.
(b) They find the spent cartridges from the snipers' rifles.
(c) They find a warning letter pinned to a palm tree.
(d) They bring in two bodies in the morning wearing Vietnamese regulation uniforms.

2. What is the warning as Caputo and his men head for Charlie Ridge?
(a) Watch out for crocodiles.
(b) Watch out for those booby traps.
(c) Watch out for quicksand.
(d) Watch out for sink holes.

3. What tale does Colonel Nickerson love to recount?
(a) The landing at Guadalcanal
(b) D-Day in Europe
(c) The taking of Phan Moon Jan
(d) His days at Quantico

4. Why is an artillery attack denied when a patrol advancing to the base is spotted?
(a) No one has the exact coordinates.
(b) The higher commanders do not believe the report.
(c) New artillery ammunitions has not arrived.
(d) A Marine patrol is lost out in the same area.

5. What is the joke Sgt. Hamilton says outside the adjutant's tent?
(a) I think it's time to get out of the kitchen.
(b) Someone should tell Charlie it is three days until the Fourth of July.
(c) How do I get out of this chicken shit organization?
(d) Charlie finally learned how to find the fuse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job takes up most of Caputo's time as assistant adjutant?

2. By the time Caputo transfers back to a line company in 1st Battalion, what are his convictions about the war?

3. What is it that Captain Neal wants from the platoon?

4. What happens to a large number of the platoon down in a paddy?

5. After Caputo's dream, what vision does he have in the daylight?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Caputo volunteer for the line?

2. What does Caputo say about the effect of his job as Regimental Casualty Reporting Officer?

3. What is the ridiculous hold up in getting the evac helicopters to the platoon?

4. Why are the men of C Company pleased about the treats sent to them?

5. How does the platoon snap and go on a rampage/

6. Under assault conditions, what is the assistant adjutant's responsibility?

7. What is the condition of the radio when Caputo gets it from inside the bunker?

8. What are some of the contradictions Caputo itemizes about the war?

9. Why does it take so long to launch Operation Long Lance?

10. Why are the VC attacking with small arms each night for several days?

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