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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. How does Caputo classify Gen. Westmoreland?
(a) As a fighting man
(b) As a public relations man
(c) As a figure head
(d) As a businessman

2. What warning does Caputo receive after the destruction at Ha Na?
(a) He will be relieved of command if anything like this happens again.
(b) He is risking his men when he lets them turn savage like that.
(c) He will have to stay on the front line if he cannot control his platoon.
(d) He may be facing a serious reprimand if it happens again.

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

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

5. From where does the attrition in 1st Battalion come?
(a) It happens with a large number of desertions.
(b) It comes from recall of Marines to other war fronts.
(c) It comes through serious diseases.
(d) It is inflicted by the enemy and by themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is going on inside the operations tent the night of the assault?

2. One night under attack, how does Sergeant Mora show up in a foxhole?

3. After Caputo's dream, what vision does he have in the daylight?

4. Why is an artillery attack denied when a patrol advancing to the base is spotted?

5. Lieutenant Reason goes out leading a platoon. How does he return?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is so frustrating to Caputo during the trial?

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

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

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

8. Why does Caputo volunteer for the line?

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

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

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