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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lemmon say they are trying to do while the Howies are strafing the area?
(a) Praying for rain
(b) Looking for the LZ
(c) Rescue civilians
(d) Running for cover

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

3. How does Caputo explain Peterson's walking away and not looking at Sullivan after he is shot?
(a) He has no patience for stupidity.
(b) He never could stand the sight of blood.
(c) That is the way he is; he really loves this company.
(d) He thinks Marines have to be too tough.

4. How does Caputo see future life in the military?
(a) As financial security for the rest of his life
(b) As an easy way to make money
(c) As good training for surviving natural disasters
(d) As an occasion for excitement and danger

5. 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) Go after him and risk an ambush or turn around and go back.
(c) Go around the bend himself or send a volunteer.
(d) Call for air cover or send a RP scout in to take a look.

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

7. What does Lieutenant Tester want to know about Caputo's trip to Japan?
(a) The bars
(b) The weather
(c) The girls
(d) The new arrivals

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

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

10. Where are most of the men when the orders come to deploy to Vietnam?
(a) Out drinking and visiting the Okinawan prostitutes
(b) Asleep in their quarters
(c) On leave in Tokyo
(d) Sitting on the beach surf fishing

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

12. What does Caputo speculate about in regard to mines remaining in an area where the RPs are supposed to have cleared them?
(a) The RFs often clear the wrong field because of communication problems.
(b) There are just too many to find all of them.
(c) The RFs lack the necessary equipment to do the job right.
(d) Either they are lazy or Viet Cong who had inflitrated them, leave the mines in place.

13. What does Lemmon tell Caputo that Sullivan is doing when he gets shot?
(a) Patrolling the area
(b) Operating the radio
(c) Cleaning his rifle
(d) Filling canteens at the river

14. Why throw a grenade instead of firing a rifle in the dark?
(a) The rifle fire could give away the soldier's position.
(b) Grenades make more noise.
(c) The grenade will cover more territory.
(d) Rifle fire is a waste of ammunition.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What change does Caputo notice in his men back at their position on the hill?

5. What does Caputo almost trip over going through the high grass?

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