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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. From the ridge where they are located, why can the platoon not fire mortars at the VC?
(a) The men with mortars were all KIA.
(b) The mortars are frozen up.
(c) They are out of range.
(d) They cannot fire off of a slope.

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

3. During the summer, how is life for the Vietnamese peasants?
(a) It is filled with apprehension about the VC.
(b) It is dead with no one working in the paddies.
(c) It is life as usual, working in the rice paddies.
(d) It is busy transplanting people to another area of the country.

4. What is the name of the operation C Company is waiting to begin?
(a) Operation Skyhawk
(b) Operation Ha Na
(c) Operation Long Lance
(d) Operation Mountain Storm

5. Who issues ID cards to the Vietnamese?
(a) The provencial governments in the country
(b) The US Embassy in Saigon
(c) Official ones by the Vietnamese government and forged ones by the VC.
(d) The head man of each Vietnamese village

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first KIA in 1st Battalion?

2. What causes the men to name one officer Captain Bligh?

3. What is the effect of burning magnesium?

4. What meal does Caputo order in Saigon that surprises the French speaking waiter?

5. What is the only advantage the platoon has over the VC at Hoi-Vuc?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How serious are the results of the assault?

4. What becomes Caputo's chief responsibility and how does he begin to see himself?

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

6. What effect does Colonel Nickerson have on the morale of the Marines?

7. What is so frustrating to Caputo during the trial?

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

9. Why is the chaplain upset?

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

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