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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 notice the VC has cut the chain link fence to infiltrate the airfield?
(a) Right behind the colonel's office tent.
(b) On the back side near the planes.
(c) Near the mess hall which was vacant at night.
(d) At the place his platoon had guarded when they first came to Danang airfield.

2. In reality, how much time per day does the adjutant work require?
(a) Two hours in the mornings
(b) Three or four hours
(c) At least ten hours a day
(d) Six to eight hours per day

3. Who was the first KIA in 1st Battalion?
(a) Corpsman Levy, a man Caputo knew.
(b) Peterson, who had been transferred.
(c) The Battilion commander
(d) Sullivan

4. What are SLJOs?
(a) Stupid lieutenant job officers
(b) Sanitary latrine jar orders
(c) Silly little jar openers
(d) Shitty little jobs officers

5. What is Colonel Nickerson's interest during this time?
(a) Regulating the drinking hours
(b) Speeding up the defense preparations
(c) Getting a new command
(d) Building a horseshoe pit

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the new Marines of 1st Battalion like when they first arrive?

2. Why is there a great deal of physical work to be done as the monsoon season begins?

3. What is Caputo's reply to an officer who says the PFCs are shooting at shadows again?

4. How much of the base does Caputo say has escaped the damage?

5. How does the paperwork in the adjutant's office appear to Caputo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the old Vietnamese man lucky the night of the interrogation?

2. What becomes Caputo's chief responsibility and how does he begin to see himself?

3. How does the platoon snap and go on a rampage/

4. How serious are the results of the assault?

5. What work has to be done as the Regimental HQ is moved to Dai-La Pass?

6. Why is the chaplain upset?

7. Describe the Marines in Caputo's dream platoon.

8. Why are the VC attacking with small arms each night for several days?

9. What does Corporal Stasek say about the bodies the colonel wants left out for the clerks and General Thompson to see?

10. Coming across a clearing, how does Caputo manage to get to the other side?

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