1. What position does Battalion Headquarters take on identifying a Viet Cong?
(a) If he has a Russian made gun, 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 is dead and Vietnamese, he is a Viet Cong.

2. What does Caputo say accounts for many other casualties?
(a) Heavy artillery fire that came mostly at night
(b) Sunstroke and accidents, accidental discharges of weapons, and disease
(c) Suicides and in-fighting
(d) Disorientation resulting in wandering from the camp

3. How does Caputo explain Peterson's walking away and not looking at Sullivan after he is shot?
(a) He never could stand the sight of blood.
(b) He has no patience for stupidity.
(c) He thinks Marines have to be too tough.
(d) That is the way he is; he really loves this company.

4. What does Caputo observe about the young mother as they are searching her house?
(a) How she appreciates his putting everything back in place.
(b) How she covers her face with a scarf.
(c) How frightened she looks.
(d) How she looks on with complete passivity and without without expression.

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