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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Peterson call for an air strike on Hill 107?
(a) He suspects an ambush.
(b) He intercepts a viet Cong communication.
(c) He has spotted Viet cong movement on the hill.
(d) He does not want combat going up a hill.

2. How does Caputo describe his feeling after learning about the death and casualties?
(a) It is the remorse of not having been with his men.
(b) It is the sadness of seeing his friends changed.
(c) It is the first time he feelst the slimy, hollow-cold fear of death.
(d) It is the detachment of unreality.

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

4. Where is Caputo's first command?
(a) The Philippines
(b) Okinawa, Japan
(c) Danang, Vietnam
(d) Seoul, Korea

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

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

7. What becomes of major importance to Caputo in those early days?
(a) Getting a Washington desk job
(b) Drinking and partying
(c) Getting enough sleep
(d) Getting the approval of his superiors

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

9. What change does Caputo notice in his men back at their position on the hill?
(a) They have grown apart and do not look at each other.
(b) They have all truned gray haired.
(c) They are withdrawn and wild-eyed.
(d) They have become even closer.

10. What becomes of Vietnamese wounded in battle or victims of landmines?
(a) They are left to beg on the streets.
(b) They take desk jobs in their headquarters.
(c) They are put up in retirement homes.
(d) They are usually shot.

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

12. Why are the Medivac helicopters unable to land to pick up casualties?
(a) The VC had set the LZ on fire
(b) It was too windy for helicopters to fly
(c) The Howies had destroyed the terraine
(d) The LZ is under enemy machine gun fire.

13. 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 an insurgency, it is an attack force.
(c) It is situated in places unseen in the daylight.
(d) Instead of a phantom sniper, it is a whole division of phantoms.

14. Why do they get ready to move out to the war zone several times?
(a) There is nothing better to do.
(b) They want to be sure they know what to do.
(c) It's a kind of war game they play.
(d) There are several false alarms of going to war, but none pan out .

15. What does Caputo do at Camp Upshur, Virginia?
(a) He gets his physical fitness examination.
(b) He waits for his orders to go to basic training.
(c) He attends college classes.
(d) He goes through basic training.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lieutenant Tester want to know about Caputo's trip to Japan?

2. What mistake does 2d Lt. Caputo make on a training exercise that gets him a reprimand?

3. What do they learn about military plans in the bush?

4. Why is it difficult to round up the platoon?

5. What are the two problems Caputo says are the worst while they guard the landing field?

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