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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 does Caputo say is the second stage of soldiers in battle?
(a) Hatred for everything and everyone around you
(b) Problems remembering specific things
(c) Drowsiness
(d) Disorientation

2. What do Caputo and his platoon have in common?
(a) They all have the desire to stop sitting around and get to the business of war.
(b) They all think they made a big mistake by enlisting.
(c) They are all homesick and want to go back home.
(d) They all have the same tattoos.

3. What are some of the things Caputo learns in Marine training?
(a) Military protocol, military dress, military jargon, and Marine Corps traditions.
(b) Use of new technology, making homemade weapons, and disarming women combatants.
(c) Survival skills, Marine history, rules and regulations, weaponry, and how to kill.
(d) Physical exercize, recommended reading, and filing of paperwork.

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

5. What is the landmark near C Company's assignment southwest of Danang?
(a) Phanom Phen
(b) Charlie Ridge
(c) Alpha Range
(d) Elephant butte

Short Answer Questions

1. What game are Campbell and Greene playing in the NCO's tent when Caputo enters?

2. Why does boredom get replaced with terror on the outpost hill?

3. What does the village of Hua-Vuc conjure up in the minds of the Marines?

4. What does Caputo do at Camp Upshur, Virginia?

5. What is the aim of Caputo's first entry into combat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Caputo recall when the helicopter he is in draws ground fire?

2. What is the news that makes Caputo sorry he is not there instead of being in Okinawa?

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

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

5. When does Caputo have his first realization of someone trying to kill him?

6. Describe the platoon sergeant, William Campbell.

7. What is it like for Caputo as they march back through Giao-Tri?

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

9. Explain what Caputo says is the worst thing about hiking in the jungle.

10. Describe the Annamese Cordillera.

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