1. Why are the Medivac helicopters unable to land to pick up casualties?
(a) The Howies had destroyed the terraine
(b) It was too windy for helicopters to fly
(c) The LZ is under enemy machine gun fire.
(d) The VC had set the LZ on fire

2. What familiar smells and sounds does Caputo comment on back at base camp?
(a) He comments on the smell of spent ammunition and the sound of beetles.
(b) He mentions the smell of insect repellent and the sound of mosquitoes.
(c) He mentions the smell of sweaty uniforms and the sound of the field radio.
(d) He mentions the oil and solvent used for cleaning rifles and the metallic sound of cleaning rods.

3. What does Caputo say about the significance of a single death in war?
(a) After experiencing many deaths, the impact of one death diminishes.
(b) No matter how many you see, it never diminishes in effect.
(c) After so long a time, it has no significance at all.
(d) One developes a sense of better him than me.

4. What is everyone told about the war in the first briefing Caputo attends?
(a) That the Americans would never launch a full scale offensive.
(b) That Americans would not be supplied with live ammunition.
(c) That the war had already effectively divided the country in half.
(d) That it is defensive only to free the ARVN to fight their war.

5. What do they experience on their first night?
(a) Night brings on a monsoon rain.
(b) The night becomes unbearably cold.
(c) Night brings sniper fire in the distance and swarms of biting insects.
(d) At night they can see the flashes of bombs detonated.