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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes the men to name one officer Captain Bligh?
(a) He punches out a PFC for talking back to him.
(b) He orders the men to drop and do pushups for him.
(c) He pulls a rifle inspection on the line and reams out the whole platoon.
(d) He shouts at them for having dirty uniforms.

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

3. How does Caputo classify Gen. Westmoreland?
(a) As a businessman
(b) As a figure head
(c) As a public relations man
(d) As a fighting man

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

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

6. Why is there a great deal of physical work to be done as the monsoon season begins?
(a) Flood drain ditches have to be dug.
(b) The Regimental HQ is moved near the Dai-La pass.
(c) New tents and buildings have to be erected.
(d) The airfield is flooded and has to be elevated.

7. What are SLJOs?
(a) Shitty little jobs officers
(b) Silly little jar openers
(c) Stupid lieutenant job officers
(d) Sanitary latrine jar orders

8. By the time Caputo transfers back to a line company in 1st Battalion, what are his convictions about the war?
(a) He has the same attitude he had when he arrived.
(b) He is more dedicated than ever.
(c) He almost never thinks about it.
(d) They have deteriorated to almost nothing.

9. In reality, how much time per day does the adjutant work require?
(a) At least ten hours a day
(b) Three or four hours
(c) Two hours in the mornings
(d) Six to eight hours per day

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

11. What job takes up most of Caputo's time as assistant adjutant?
(a) Regimental Mess Officer
(b) Regimental Legal Officer
(c) Regimental Secret and Confidential documents Officer
(d) Regimental Casualty Reporting Officer

12. What happens to Caputo as he is crawling on his stomach to get back to his men?
(a) He gets hit in the arm but keeps going.
(b) He comes under heavy fire and dust is kicked up in his face.
(c) He falls into a trap and has to wait for rescue.
(d) He crawls up on a VC corpse.

13. What is the joke Sgt. Hamilton says outside the adjutant's tent?
(a) Someone should tell Charlie it is three days until the Fourth of July.
(b) How do I get out of this chicken shit organization?
(c) Charlie finally learned how to find the fuse.
(d) I think it's time to get out of the kitchen.

14. What are the three Skyhawks that arrive?
(a) Attack helicopters
(b) Long range artillery fire from Navy ships
(c) Navy bombers that drop napalm bombs on the area
(d) Large birds indigenous to Vietnam

15. From where does the attrition in 1st Battalion come?
(a) It comes through serious diseases.
(b) It is inflicted by the enemy and by themselves.
(c) It happens with a large number of desertions.
(d) It comes from recall of Marines to other war fronts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who issues ID cards to the Vietnamese?

3. Why does Caputo have to count VC bodies sent in for burial?

4. What tale does Colonel Nickerson love to recount?

5. During the summer, how is life for the Vietnamese peasants?

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