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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 GSW stand for?
(a) Gunshot wound
(b) Gold standard weapons
(c) Gone south for the winter
(d) Good strong workers

2. What is the joke Sgt. Hamilton says outside the adjutant's tent?
(a) Someone should tell Charlie it is three days until the Fourth of July.
(b) I think it's time to get out of the kitchen.
(c) Charlie finally learned how to find the fuse.
(d) How do I get out of this chicken shit organization?

3. What begins happening at night at the Danang base?
(a) Marines are shown movies in the mess tent.
(b) VC begins a series of night sniper attacks on the base.
(c) The Chaplain begins holding midnight masses.
(d) The monsoon rains stop at night.

4. One night under attack, how does Sergeant Mora show up in a foxhole?
(a) Wearing nothing but his gun belt
(b) Wearing only his shirt
(c) Wearing a kimono he got in Japan
(d) Wearing a sheet

5. What is the only advantage the platoon has over the VC at Hoi-Vuc?
(a) The sun is in the VC's eyes.
(b) The element of surprise is on their side.
(c) They outnumber them.
(d) They hav better munitions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Chaplain Ryerson call twelve KIAs?

3. What is the stated purpose of leaving VC bodies behind the Colonel's tent?

4. During the summer, how is life for the Vietnamese peasants?

5. Who is Elmer Fudd at division HQ?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Caputo volunteer for the line?

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

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

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

7. Why is the chaplain upset?

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

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

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

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