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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who seems to know what will happen better than the soldiers?
(a) The messhall cooks
(b) The prostitutes
(c) The telephone operators
(d) The chaplains

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

3. At the new command, what does Caputo say the men do?
(a) They play in the jungle by day and drink with the prostitutes by night.
(b) They do hours of calisthenics.
(c) They carve monkey faces in coconuts.
(d) They work as extras for McHale's Navy.

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

5. What looks beautiful from the hill but becomes ominous up close?
(a) The vietnamese villages
(b) The muddy colored river
(c) The Cordellia
(d) The orange smoke of artillery

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

7. Why does Caputo choose to enlist with the Marines?
(a) It was the only branch of the service accepting volunteers at the time.
(b) He thought the Marines had the best dress uniforms.
(c) It promises to fulfill all his expectations more than any other branch of the service.
(d) He did not want to be on a ship or fly an airplane.

8. What happens with the ARVN scouts in the first offensive action?
(a) They are massacred by the Viet Cong.
(b) They detach themselves and flee in panic.
(c) They are all captured and shot.
(d) They take a stand between the Marines and the enemy.

9. How do they spend their first day at Danang?
(a) Looking for a place to put their tents
(b) Reading field manuals
(c) Packing and piling sandbags and digging foxholes and ditches
(d) Getting a tour of the area

10. How many men are on a helicopter team?
(a) Six
(b) Ten
(c) Four
(d) Eight

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

12. What mistake does 2d Lt. Caputo make on a training exercise that gets him a reprimand?
(a) He orders a retreat.
(b) He changes a captain's orders.
(c) He takes a nap while waiting for orders.
(d) He lights up a cigarette.

13. Why do they get ready to move out to the war zone several times?
(a) They want to be sure they know what to do.
(b) There is nothing better 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 .

14. What does Caputo say about the significance of a single death in war?
(a) One developes a sense of better him than me.
(b) After experiencing many deaths, the impact of one death diminishes.
(c) No matter how many you see, it never diminishes in effect.
(d) After so long a time, it has no significance at all.

15. What is the real resistance walking from the L to the Vietnamese village?
(a) The land, the sun, and the jungle
(b) Constant sniper fire
(c) Muddy rice paddies
(d) Farmers armed with pitchforks

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes up Caputo's first command?

2. Why are the Medivac helicopters unable to land to pick up casualties?

3. What booby traps are observed on the trail after fording the river?

4. What famous speech inspires Caputo to join the military?

5. How does Caputo describe his platoon?

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