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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. Who is Elmer Fudd at division HQ?
(a) A pet monkey captured in the jungle.
(b) The bald headed Lt. Colonel Executive Officer for Colonel Wheeler.
(c) The cartoon mascot of the division HQ.
(d) The chief cook at the officers' mess.

2. What does Chaplain Ryerson call twelve KIAs?
(a) Twelve grieving families in America
(b) A dozen more prayers
(c) A dozen letters he has to write
(d) Twleve lost souls

3. After Caputo's dream, what vision does he have in the daylight?
(a) He sees his photo in a newspaper obituary column.
(b) He sees everything in slow motions.
(c) He sees the faces of Mora and Hamilton superimposed on dead bodies.
(d) He sees ghosts of great military heroes.

4. Why do they have to grenade the VC trap twice?
(a) They just want to double check.
(b) The trap is uncommonly huge.
(c) The first two are in the wrong place.
(d) The first grenades are duds.

5. What tale does Colonel Nickerson love to recount?
(a) His days at Quantico
(b) D-Day in Europe
(c) The taking of Phan Moon Jan
(d) The landing at Guadalcanal

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what operation is C Company ordered to prepare?

3. What meal does Caputo order in Saigon that surprises the French speaking waiter?

4. How does Caputo classify Gen. Westmoreland?

5. What does a cynic say about the Navy Crosses Corporal Gautier has won?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Under assault conditions, what is the assistant adjutant's responsibility?

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

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

6. Why does it take so long to launch Operation Long Lance?

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

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

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

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

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