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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Caputo describe the Viet Cong division he first becomes aware of by looking at a site map, a map showing positions of allies and enemy in the field.
(a) It is poorly organized but almost invisible.
(b) Instead of a phantom sniper, it is a whole division of phantoms.
(c) It is situated in places unseen in the daylight.
(d) Instead of an insurgency, it is an attack force.

2. What casualties are suffered during the next two days?
(a) One more Marine is killed and several have a fever.
(b) Two Marines are slightly wounded and a third is critical.
(c) Two Marines are slightly wounded and others fall to the sun.
(d) No one is hit by enemy fire but six men have heatstroke.

3. What is the first offensive mission?
(a) Hide and ambush
(b) Hit and run
(c) Advance and wait
(d) Search and destroy

4. What do the bar girls insist on before they will leave with a Marine?
(a) He must get tested by a vietnamese doctor.
(b) He must buy them one drink.
(c) He must pay them up front for their services.
(d) He must go shower.

5. 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

6. When the wounded VC's trail leads around a bend in the river, what choices does Caputo have?
(a) Assume the VC is dead or wait and watch for some movement.
(b) Call for air cover or send a RP scout in to take a look.
(c) Go after him and risk an ambush or turn around and go back.
(d) Go around the bend himself or send a volunteer.

7. What is to be the measure of victory in the battle?
(a) The time it takes to finish clearing the area
(b) The cessation of sniper fire
(c) The cooperation of the ARVN
(d) The number of enemy corpses

8. What does the village of Hua-Vuc conjure up in the minds of the Marines?
(a) It reminds them of Okinawa.
(b) It becomes symbolic of weariness.
(c) It is situated like the training villages of Quantico.
(d) It becomes synonymous with the war.

9. A book by what author is Caputo trying to read while waiting at the outpost on top of a hill?
(a) Kipling
(b) James Joyce
(c) Hemmingway
(d) Henry Miller

10. What is the aim of Caputo's first entry into combat?
(a) Look for snipers and take them out.
(b) Scare the Viet Cong into retreat.
(c) Find a battalion and destroy it.
(d) Set up an outpost.

11. Why is Caputo relieved that the dead boy had no identification on him?
(a) He doesn't want to have to explain to the boy's family.
(b) He does not want to think of him as a person but as a dead enemy.
(c) He won't have to fill out a lot of paperwork.
(d) He doesn't want to know a name he can not pronounce.

12. What irony does Caputo see in the guerrilla warfare manual he had studied in the States?
(a) The statement that one should not be afraid of the jungle.
(b) The remark that the jungle is only in Africa.
(c) The suggestion that the enemy could not advance in the jungle.
(d) The idea that the jungle is only trees.

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

14. What is the refrain the sergeant teaches the men during war training?
(a) This is my rifle and this is my gun!
(b) Remember the Alamo!
(c) Ambush is murder and murder is fun!
(d) She won't do it but her sister will!

15. What booby traps are observed on the trail after fording the river?
(a) Vines rigged to pull a man into the air
(b) Poison stakes placed so that they are unseen until they scratch the skin
(c) Trenches, spider holes for snipers, pangee traps, and rows of sharp, angled stakes
(d) Trip wires and mines

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the majority opinion about the countermanded orders to ship out?

2. In this first offensive, how do Caputo and his men see themselves?

3. How does Caputo's attempt to get closer to his men on leave in Danang work out?

4. How do the Marines return to base camp?

5. What is the landmark near C Company's assignment southwest of Danang?

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