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

Multiple Choice Questions

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 comes down with malaria and dies.
(c) He is hit by a sniper when he gets out of his foxhole.
(d) Walking across the airstrip, he is hit by a helicopter.

2. What do they learn about military plans in the bush?
(a) Nothing ever happens according to plan.
(b) Their Quantico training has really paid off.
(c) How to avoid surprise.
(d) Why there are always contingencies.

3. What are the two problems Caputo says are the worst while they guard the landing field?
(a) The mosquitos and the pythons
(b) The rain and bad food
(c) The heat and boredom
(d) The long days and short nights

4. 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) Instead of an insurgency, it is an attack force.
(d) It is situated in places unseen in the daylight.

5. Where does Caputo go for advanced training?
(a) Ft. Bragg, NC
(b) Camp Pendleton, CA
(c) Fort Hood, TX
(d) Quantico, VA

6. What happens for about twenty-five of the men?
(a) They are trucked to Danang for liberty.
(b) They are the first to get medical exams for tropical diseases.
(c) They fall ill from dengu fever.
(d) They are put on report for mistakes they made.

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

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

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

10. What fills the foggy night after the pursuit of the VC and the body count?
(a) Roar of reconnaisance planes flying over
(b) Deceptive sounds that keep everyone on edge
(c) Sounds of combat in the distance
(d) Total silence that is eerily unreal

11. What place do they pass through on the fourth day?
(a) They have to recross the muddy river
(b) They pass through the LZ which has been destroyed
(c) Giao-Tri, the village they had destroyed
(d) The small camp where they found the documents

12. What lesson does Caputo learn that contradicts what he learned at Quantico?
(a) Not to light up a cigarette
(b) Not to shout orders to his men
(c) Not to stand up and give arm signals
(d) Not to lead a forced march

13. How does the adjutant's quarters look as Caputo returns to Vietnam?
(a) A dugout with sandbag walls and a bamboo roof
(b) A revamped box car
(c) A water-soaked tent with makeshift furniture
(d) A prefab building with airconditioning

14. What do they experience on their first night?
(a) At night they can see the flashes of bombs detonated.
(b) The night becomes unbearably cold.
(c) Night brings on a monsoon rain.
(d) Night brings sniper fire in the distance and swarms of biting insects.

15. What happens right under their noses as they settle into Danang?
(a) An open attack is launched by the Viet Cong.
(b) A private is killed by friendly fire.
(c) A dog is blown up as is a sandbag between two men in a foxhole.
(d) Dozens of B-52 bombers land to rearm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the aim of Caputo's first entry into combat?

2. Why does Peterson call for an air strike on Hill 107?

3. What becomes of major importance to Caputo in those early days?

4. What familiar smells and sounds does Caputo comment on back at base camp?

5. What is the stated interest of the U. S. government for war in Vietnam?

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