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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens for about twenty-five of the men?
(a) They fall ill from dengu fever.
(b) They are the first to get medical exams for tropical diseases.
(c) They are put on report for mistakes they made.
(d) They are trucked to Danang for liberty.

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

3. What happens with the ARVN scouts in the first offensive action?
(a) They take a stand between the Marines and the enemy.
(b) They detach themselves and flee in panic.
(c) They are all captured and shot.
(d) They are massacred by the Viet Cong.

4. What is the refrain the sergeant teaches the men during war training?
(a) She won't do it but her sister will!
(b) This is my rifle and this is my gun!
(c) Remember the Alamo!
(d) Ambush is murder and murder is fun!

5. How do they get from Okinawa to Vietnam?
(a) They go on PT boats up the China Sea.
(b) They go on an aircraft carrier.
(c) They go in a PanAm chartered plane.
(d) They ship out on giant C-130 planes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Caputo see future life in the military?

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

3. How does Caputo describe the descent of a helicopter?

4. What familiar smells and sounds does Caputo comment on back at base camp?

5. In the evening, why are the peasant girls rushing down the road to their village?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is it like going back toward Charlie Ridge?

2. What mistake happens when they fire a three-point-five at the sniper who got Sullivan?

3. What is the sound of 155mm artillery firing?

4. Describe the Ruff-Puff's activity around the Beau Geste watchtowers.

5. What is the first month like after the battalion reaches Vietnam?

6. How do Caputo and his 40-odd men get transported to the war zone?

7. What really causes the aloofness to Caputo at the base camp?

8. Why does the C-130 make a sudden steep assault-dive on the way to the war zone?

9. What is Caputo's troublesome encounter with Sergeant Fred Wagoner?

10. Describe the French Fort overlooking the paddies west of Hill 327.

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