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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 position does Battalion Headquarters take on identifying a Viet Cong?
(a) If he is dead and Vietnamese, he is a Viet Cong.
(b) If he has a Russian made gun, he is a Viet Cong.
(c) If the acts suspiciously, he is a Viet Cong.
(d) If he attempts to hide, he is a Viet Cong.

2. How does Caputo describe the Viet Cong division he first becomes aware of by looking at a site map, a map showing positions of allies and enemy in the field.
(a) Instead of an insurgency, it is an attack force.
(b) It is situated in places unseen in the daylight.
(c) It is poorly organized but almost invisible.
(d) Instead of a phantom sniper, it is a whole division of phantoms.

3. After graduation from Loyola College, where does Caputo go?
(a) NCO School
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Quantico, VA
(d) Officers Basic School

4. Why does Caputo choose to enlist with the Marines?
(a) It promises to fulfill all his expectations more than any other branch of the service.
(b) It was the only branch of the service accepting volunteers at the time.
(c) He thought the Marines had the best dress uniforms.
(d) He did not want to be on a ship or fly an airplane.

5. How does Caputo describe his feeling after learning about the death and casualties?
(a) It is the first time he feelst the slimy, hollow-cold fear of death.
(b) It is the remorse of not having been with his men.
(c) It is the detachment of unreality.
(d) It is the sadness of seeing his friends changed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What looks beautiful from the hill but becomes ominous up close?

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

3. How does Caputo explain Peterson's walking away and not looking at Sullivan after he is shot?

4. What do they experience on their first night?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Caputo say the old salts used to tell him is the most memorable moment in an officer's life?

5. Describe the platoon sergeant, William Campbell.

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

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

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

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

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

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