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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens right under their noses as they settle into Danang?
(a) Dozens of B-52 bombers land to rearm.
(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) An open attack is launched by the Viet Cong.

3. What does the village of Hua-Vuc conjure up in the minds of the Marines?
(a) It is situated like the training villages of Quantico.
(b) It becomes symbolic of weariness.
(c) It becomes synonymous with the war.
(d) It reminds them of Okinawa.

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

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

6. How does Caputo describe the descent of a helicopter?
(a) Like a falling brick
(b) Like a roller coaster or a canoe rushing down the rapids
(c) Like standing in a high wind
(d) Like a run down a ski slope

7. When does Caputo say is the only bearable time of day in Vietnam?
(a) Mid-morning
(b) Sunset
(c) Midnight
(d) Early morning

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

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

10. 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 Americans would not be supplied with live ammunition.
(c) That the Americans would never launch a full scale offensive.
(d) That the war had already effectively divided the country in half.

11. What happens about two hundred yards away from the village?
(a) The Hill 267 howitzers shell near the place where they are.
(b) An attack helicopter goes ahead of them to strafe the area.
(c) The invisible enemy opens automatic sniper fire on them.
(d) They get lost and go around in a circle.

12. What casualties are suffered during the next two days?
(a) Two Marines are slightly wounded and a third is critical.
(b) One more Marine is killed and several have a fever.
(c) No one is hit by enemy fire but six men have heatstroke.
(d) Two Marines are slightly wounded and others fall to the sun.

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

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

15. In the evening, why are the peasant girls rushing down the road to their village?
(a) They cannot find their way after dark.
(b) The Viet Cong regularly passes that way in the darkness.
(c) The rule is that Vietnamese outside after curfew are considered Viet Cong.
(d) they are frightened by the American Marines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What names does Caputo recall from his platoon?

2. What is the majority opinion about the countermanded orders to ship out?

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

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.

5. What does Lemmon tell Caputo that Sullivan is doing when he gets shot?

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