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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 is the stated purpose of leaving VC bodies behind the Colonel's tent?
(a) To flush out a VC infiltrator by scaring him.
(b) To show the clerks what war looks like.
(c) To give the Colonel a photo opportunity.
(d) To remind everyone why they are here.

2. What is the meaning of Sympathetic Detonation?
(a) Silent explosions.
(b) Mine fields that harm only the enemy.
(c) Explosives that fail to detonate.
(d) Military speak for an explosion caused by a US military error.

3. What exhilarates Caputo after the Hoi-Vuc village wipe out?
(a) The congratulations from his men
(b) The prospect of a medal
(c) The perfect way his platoon has performed.
(d) The close combat with the remaining VC

4. What does a cynic say about the Navy Crosses Corporal Gautier has won?
(a) Who needs medals; give him a discharge.
(b) The gold one they pin on you and the wooden one they put over you.
(c) They will make nice wall decorations at home.
(d) They are not real. It is all a big publicity stunt.

5. Who never looks up as they cross the muddy paddies?
(a) A water buffalo
(b) Three Vietnamese girls planting rice
(c) Some boys catching frogs
(d) An old farmer

Short Answer Questions

1. What are WIAs and KIAs?

2. How does Caputo classify Gen. Westmoreland?

3. What is the effect of burning magnesium?

4. At night on the line, what does everything look like?

5. What evidence do they find to show it is a VC attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the men of C Company pleased about the treats sent to them?

2. What is the ridiculous hold up in getting the evac helicopters to the platoon?

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

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

5. What effect does Colonel Nickerson have on the morale of the Marines?

6. What is Caputo's opinion of Maj-Gen Lew Walt the night of the first VC assault on the battalion base camp?

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

8. What does Caputo say about the effect of his job as Regimental Casualty Reporting Officer?

9. What are some of the contradictions Caputo itemizes about the war?

10. What is the condition of the radio when Caputo gets it from inside the bunker?

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