1. How does Gonzales become the first casualty of Caputo's platoon?
(a) He is laying wire where there are mines that had not been removed.
(b) He is hit by a sniper when he gets out of his foxhole.
(c) Walking across the airstrip, he is hit by a helicopter.
(d) He comes down with malaria and dies.

2. What does he imagine being in the military will be like?
(a) He imagines it will be like taking a vacation.
(b) He thinks it will be frightening but he needs the money.
(c) He enters the war with romantic notions of being a hero.
(d) He thinks it will be dull and routine.

3. What does Caputo say he learns later about the war in Vietnam?
(a) That the Viet Cong ha plants in his platoon.
(b) That there is never enough time to relax.
(c) That there would be days when there is no fighting.
(d) That nine-tenths of the time is waiting for the other one-tenth to happen.

4. What position does Battalion Headquarters take on identifying a Viet Cong?
(a) If he is dead and Vietnamese, he is a Viet Cong.
(b) If he attempts to hide, he is a Viet Cong.
(c) If the acts suspiciously, he is a Viet Cong.
(d) If he has a Russian made gun, he is a Viet Cong.

5. What does Caputo speculate about in regard to mines remaining in an area where the RPs are supposed to have cleared them?
(a) Either they are lazy or Viet Cong who had inflitrated them, leave the mines in place.
(b) The RFs lack the necessary equipment to do the job right.
(c) There are just too many to find all of them.
(d) The RFs often clear the wrong field because of communication problems.