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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who makes up Caputo's first command?
(a) Men he went to basic training with
(b) New recruits from Alabama
(c) Older, war experienced non-coms
(d) A group of forty Marines in the Third Marines Division

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

3. Does Caputo believe the deployment is for real when he is told about it?
(a) No, he ignores it and goes on drinking.
(b) Yes, he runs to the base to start packing.
(c) No, he calls the OD to make sure.
(d) Yes, but he is too stunned to know what to do.

4. What is the stated interest of the U. S. government for war in Vietnam?
(a) To establish a permanent military base in Vietnam
(b) To get control of Vietnam's oil supply
(c) To bolster the American economy
(d) To abolish Communism in the world

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

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

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

8. What is the result for half of the men after they return from Cinderella Liberty?
(a) Bad cases of alcohol poisoning from cheap whiskey
(b) Denial of any further liberty
(c) Monster hangovers and Venereal Disease
(d) Dysentary for three days

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

10. What is the landmark near C Company's assignment southwest of Danang?
(a) Phanom Phen
(b) Alpha Range
(c) Elephant butte
(d) Charlie Ridge

11. How long do Caputo and his platoon continue guarding the parameters at Danang?
(a) Seven weeks
(b) Six days
(c) Over a month
(d) Six months

12. What is everyone told about the war in the first briefing Caputo attends?
(a) That it is defensive only to free the ARVN to fight their war.
(b) That the Americans would never launch a full scale offensive.
(c) That the war had already effectively divided the country in half.
(d) That Americans would not be supplied with live ammunition.

13. How does Caputo describe his platoon?
(a) They are a group of strangers and misfits.
(b) They are all uneducated and street fighters.
(c) As a highly polished fighting machine that needed no training.
(d) As men who enlist, train and travel together from the beginning.

14. What do Caputo and his men discover as they pursue the wounded VC?
(a) A small base camp
(b) A cache of modern weapons
(c) A woman carrying a baby
(d) A tunnel too small for a Marine to enter

15. How does Caputo's attempt to get closer to his men on leave in Danang work out?
(a) The enlisted men do not trust Caputo, the officer.
(b) The conversation is muddled and Caputo gives up.
(c) They end up in a brawl until the MPs arrive.
(d) They become closer and Caputo listens to their advice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Caputo do at Camp Upshur, Virginia?

2. At what age does Philip Caputo enlist in the Marine Corps?

3. What sobering realization does Caputo come to after his service in Vietnam?

4. What is the prognosis for Powell's recovery after his heatstroke?

5. What does the village of Hua-Vuc conjure up in the minds of the Marines?

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