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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position does Battalion Headquarters take on identifying a Viet Cong?

2. What becomes of major importance to Caputo in those early days?

3. Where are most of the men when the orders come to deploy to Vietnam?

4. What fills the foggy night after the pursuit of the VC and the body count?

5. In the evening, why are the peasant girls rushing down the road to their village?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Caputo's troublesome encounter with Sergeant Fred Wagoner?

2. Sitting in the outpost ahead of C Company, what does Caputo have difficulty remembering?

3. Describe the platoon sergeant, William Campbell.

4. What mistake happens when they fire a three-point-five at the sniper who got Sullivan?

5. Why do the men continually have to be reminded to keep five paces between them and the next man?

6. Describe the French Fort overlooking the paddies west of Hill 327.

7. What is the advantage on Hill 268 where Caputo's company is poistioned?

8. Early on the morning of his first assignment to go into combat, what fantasy goes through Caputo's head?

9. How does Caputo describe himself as he watches the action of the offensive from the hill?

10. When does Caputo have his first realization of someone trying to kill him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a paper on the need of many men to prove their manhood. Express your opinion as to why this is something Caputo mentions several times in the book. Besides war, what are ways some men choose to prove to themselves that they are real men? Express your opinion as to whether such behavior is necessary.

Essay Topic 2

Write a paper on the morality of war. Express your opinion as to whether war has ever in the history of the world accomplished good. Add to your paper ideas about how wars may be avoided in the future.

Essay Topic 3

Write a paper on the idealism of the young and inexperienced. Use Caputo and his platoon leaving Okinawa convinced they could end the war in a matter of days and the new arrivals of Battalion one-three as your examples. If possible relate that to some time in your life when you thought something might be a simple matter to solve even when more experienced people were telling you it was more difficult than you thought.

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