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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the new Marines of 1st Battalion like when they first arrive?
(a) They are opposed to war.
(b) They are scared and unwilling.
(c) They are young and gung-ho about winning the war.
(d) They are seasoned old timers.

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

3. What does a cynic say about the Navy Crosses Corporal Gautier has won?
(a) They will make nice wall decorations at home.
(b) Who needs medals; give him a discharge.
(c) The gold one they pin on you and the wooden one they put over you.
(d) They are not real. It is all a big publicity stunt.

4. What is the effect of burning magnesium?
(a) Incredible heat
(b) The smell of rotten eggs
(c) Like the lights on a football field at night
(d) A column of white flame

5. What is the warning as Caputo and his men head for Charlie Ridge?
(a) Watch out for crocodiles.
(b) Watch out for those booby traps.
(c) Watch out for quicksand.
(d) Watch out for sink holes.

6. What is the meaning of Sympathetic Detonation?
(a) Silent explosions.
(b) Military speak for an explosion caused by a US military error.
(c) Explosives that fail to detonate.
(d) Mine fields that harm only the enemy.

7. Where does Caputo notice the VC has cut the chain link fence to infiltrate the airfield?
(a) Right behind the colonel's office tent.
(b) On the back side near the planes.
(c) At the place his platoon had guarded when they first came to Danang airfield.
(d) Near the mess hall which was vacant at night.

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

9. What do they do so that the VC corpses will not look recently uninterred?
(a) Strip off their uniforms
(b) Throw loose dust on them
(c) Hose them down
(d) Brush the dirt off

10. How does Caputo recall the two months after the Ha Na experience?
(a) It flickers on his mental screen like movies.
(b) He sees it as a total blackout, remembering nothing.
(c) He sees it in escruciating detail.
(d) He sees it as two months that seem like two years.

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

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

13. What promise does Captain Neal make regardless of the ethic involved?
(a) Any Marine who kills a VC will be flown back to base camp.
(b) Any Marine who kills a certified VC will get beer and time to drink it.
(c) Any Marine who kills a VC will be given a promotion.
(d) Any Marine who kills a VC will be given a week's R and R.

14. What happens to the Battalion Headquarters during Operation Long Lance?
(a) Eight officers and a number of enlisted men are killed.
(b) The officers all leave on a helicopter.
(c) Battalion HQ is attacked by a frightened water buffalo.
(d) They have to move farther back.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At night on the line, what does everything look like?

2. How much of the base does Caputo say has escaped the damage?

3. What is it that Captain Neal wants from the platoon?

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

5. One night under attack, how does Sergeant Mora show up in a foxhole?

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