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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. Where does Caputo go for advanced training?
(a) Ft. Bragg, NC
(b) Fort Hood, TX
(c) Quantico, VA
(d) Camp Pendleton, CA

2. What happens right under their noses as they settle into Danang?
(a) A private is killed by friendly fire.
(b) A dog is blown up as is a sandbag between two men in a foxhole.
(c) Dozens of B-52 bombers land to rearm.
(d) An open attack is launched by the Viet Cong.

3. What does Caputo speculate about in regard to mines remaining in an area where the RPs are supposed to have cleared them?
(a) The RFs lack the necessary equipment to do the job right.
(b) The RFs often clear the wrong field because of communication problems.
(c) Either they are lazy or Viet Cong who had inflitrated them, leave the mines in place.
(d) There are just too many to find all of them.

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

5. What is the first offensive mission?
(a) Advance and wait
(b) Hide and ambush
(c) Search and destroy
(d) Hit and run

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Caputo go after being shown his sleeping quarters?

2. What happens for about twenty-five of the men?

3. What do they learn about military plans in the bush?

4. What becomes of major importance to Caputo in those early days?

5. Does Caputo believe the deployment is for real when he is told about it?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Caputo sense at his old base camp when he goes to collect his belongings?

4. What always comes to Caputo's mind when he thinks of basic training?

5. Describe the Communist stronghold that Caputo first sees in Vietnam.

6. Why does he say he fears being an unsat or a marginal?

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

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

9. After a group of VC disappears once again, what does Caputo want to believe?

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

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