1. What does a cynic say about the Navy Crosses Corporal Gautier has won?
(a) Who needs medals; give him a discharge.
(b) They are not real. It is all a big publicity stunt.
(c) The gold one they pin on you and the wooden one they put over you.
(d) They will make nice wall decorations at home.

2. What is the misconception the platoon has when they are deployed to Vietnam?
(a) The Marines believe they can win the war single handedly.
(b) The Marines are sure they will not become casualties.
(c) The Marines think it will all be over in a week.
(d) The Marines enter a war they think they cannot lose.

3. What names does Caputo recall from his platoon?
(a) Men with whom he played poker and drank beer
(b) Men who either died or were severely wounded in combat
(c) Men who always followed his orders to the letter
(d) Men who caused him the most grief

4. Lieutenant Reason goes out leading a platoon. How does he return?
(a) On a helicopter carrying one of his wounded men
(b) With machine gun bullet holes stitched across his belly
(c) Leading a platoon of captured VC
(d) Riding in a convoy truck

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