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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At night on the line, what does everything look like?
(a) Phosphorescent
(b) Various shades of black
(c) Like VC soldier marching toward the line
(d) Like a scary movie set

2. After Caputo's dream, what vision does he have in the daylight?
(a) He sees everything in slow motions.
(b) He sees ghosts of great military heroes.
(c) He sees the faces of Mora and Hamilton superimposed on dead bodies.
(d) He sees his photo in a newspaper obituary column.

3. Why are Caputo and Crowe brought up on charges to face court martial?
(a) Some Vietnamese are shot standing still and not running.
(b) Crowe is blamed for killing the old woman under Caputo's orders.
(c) They are charged with using white-phosphorus at close range.
(d) The boy, Le Dung, is killed and the village files a protest.

4. Who was the first KIA in 1st Battalion?
(a) Sullivan
(b) The Battilion commander
(c) Corpsman Levy, a man Caputo knew.
(d) Peterson, who had been transferred.

5. Who issues ID cards to the Vietnamese?
(a) Official ones by the Vietnamese government and forged ones by the VC.
(b) The provencial governments in the country
(c) The US Embassy in Saigon
(d) The head man of each Vietnamese village

6. What is going on inside the operations tent the night of the assault?
(a) The lights are put out so that the VC cannot see it as a target.
(b) There is confusion and the colonel is staring at the map.
(c) Everything is in order and quiet.
(d) Platoon leaders are being briefed on what to do.

7. What is the only advantage the platoon has over the VC at Hoi-Vuc?
(a) The element of surprise is on their side.
(b) They outnumber them.
(c) They hav better munitions.
(d) The sun is in the VC's eyes.

8. Who has noticed the relaxed camp arrangements and tries to correct them?
(a) Captain Johnson
(b) Maj-Gen Lew Walt
(c) Colonel Anderson
(d) Phil Caputo

9. Why does Caputo lose radio contact with one of his operators?
(a) A grenade cuts the land wire.
(b) A tree falls on the radio operator.
(c) The old outdated equipment breaks down.
(d) The radio operator is shot.

10. What is Caputo's reply to an officer who says the PFCs are shooting at shadows again?
(a) He says,"Let them do it, it releases tension."
(b) He says, "you're probably right but what can we do about it?"
(c) He says, "It's okay because it will scare the VC."
(d) He says that shadows do not carry rifles that sound like an AK-47.

11. For what operation is C Company ordered to prepare?
(a) Operation Harvest Moon
(b) Operation Blue Angel
(c) Operation Victor charlie
(d) Operation Hardest Mein

12. From the ridge where they are located, why can the platoon not fire mortars at the VC?
(a) The mortars are frozen up.
(b) The men with mortars were all KIA.
(c) They are out of range.
(d) They cannot fire off of a slope.

13. What happens to a large number of the platoon down in a paddy?
(a) They step into a quicksand bog.
(b) A homemade Claymore is tripped and there are nine casualties.
(c) They take a wrong turn and get lost in some elephant grass.
(d) They get bogged down in the mud and have to fire from there.

14. What comes by belatedly as Caputo watches?
(a) A line of foot soldiers carrying bazookas
(b) A battalion of riot police
(c) A convoy of Marines pulling howitzers
(d) A convoy of generals

15. What is a consistent reminder of the casualties of war.
(a) The number of body bags brought in each week
(b) Announcements made over the PA system daily
(c) The Medivac helicopters flying back and forth in the dripping sky
(d) The faces one misses in the mess hall

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is an artillery attack denied when a patrol advancing to the base is spotted?

2. What does a cynic say about the Navy Crosses Corporal Gautier has won?

3. Lieutenant Reason goes out leading a platoon. How does he return?

4. Why do they have to grenade the VC trap twice?

5. What do Caputo and Crowe do with grenades on the way to Hill 92?

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