1. What reality soon sets in for Caputo?
(a) He has made a big mistake in joining the Marines.
(b) He has not been properly prepared by the Marines.
(c) Battles are fought in the jungle with Viet Cong who refuse to play by the rules learned in military training.
(d) He will never get to see military action.

2. How do they spend their first day at Danang?
(a) Reading field manuals
(b) Looking for a place to put their tents
(c) Getting a tour of the area
(d) Packing and piling sandbags and digging foxholes and ditches

3. What are some of the things Caputo learns in Marine training?
(a) Survival skills, Marine history, rules and regulations, weaponry, and how to kill.
(b) Physical exercize, recommended reading, and filing of paperwork.
(c) Military protocol, military dress, military jargon, and Marine Corps traditions.
(d) Use of new technology, making homemade weapons, and disarming women combatants.

4. Why does Caputo choose to enlist with the Marines?
(a) He did not want to be on a ship or fly an airplane.
(b) It promises to fulfill all his expectations more than any other branch of the service.
(c) It was the only branch of the service accepting volunteers at the time.
(d) He thought the Marines had the best dress uniforms.

5. What famous speech inspires Caputo to join the military?
(a) FDR's "Nothing to Fear" speech.
(b) Kennedy's inaugral "Ask what you can do for your country" speech.
(c) King's "I have a dream" speech.
(d) Marc Anthony's "I came not to praise Caesar" speech