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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 call the training for war?
(a) The last torture
(b) The calm before the storm
(c) A little bit of hell
(d) A subtle kind of mind control

2. What happens about two hundred yards away from the village?
(a) An attack helicopter goes ahead of them to strafe the area.
(b) The Hill 267 howitzers shell near the place where they are.
(c) The invisible enemy opens automatic sniper fire on them.
(d) They get lost and go around in a circle.

3. Why does Caputo choose to enlist with the Marines?
(a) He did not want to be on a ship or fly an airplane.
(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) It promises to fulfill all his expectations more than any other branch of the service.

4. What place do they pass through on the fourth day?
(a) They have to recross the muddy river
(b) Giao-Tri, the village they had destroyed
(c) The small camp where they found the documents
(d) They pass through the LZ which has been destroyed

5. How does Caputo describe the feelings of the men after the destruction of the village Giao-Tri?
(a) They are believing that there are no civilians in war.
(b) There is great shock at how they went mad in the destruction.
(c) The men wonder if that could ever happen in America.
(d) The men are learning to hate those who give succor to the enemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the landmark near C Company's assignment southwest of Danang?

2. What does Caputo say he learns later about the war in Vietnam?

3. What do they experience on their first night?

4. What mistake does 2d Lt. Caputo make on a training exercise that gets him a reprimand?

5. What is the misconception the platoon has when they are deployed to Vietnam?

Short Essay Questions

1. Sitting in the outpost ahead of C Company, what does Caputo have difficulty remembering?

2. Explain why Caputo says that at age twenty-four he is more prepared for death than he is for life.

3. What is the new warfare of the New Frontier?

4. How does Caputo mention perception and locale when talking about troop size?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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