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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. In reality, how much time per day does the adjutant work require?

2. Who has noticed the relaxed camp arrangements and tries to correct them?

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

4. What promise does Captain Neal make regardless of the ethic involved?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How serious are the results of the assault?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Caputo volunteer for the line?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hatred is mentioned several times in the book. It often takes over when circumstances are frustrating and there appears to be nothing anyone can do about it. Write how the Marines in Vietnam often felt this way when they knew more about what was going on than the men safely back at HQ who were planning the moves of the war.

Essay Topic 2

The charges against Caputo and his men would have gone completely unnoticed had the village not lodged a complaint. Write a paper in which you give your opinion about the role of political expediency in deciding when and against whom to prosecute. Discuss whether you think the event involving Le Dung was an isolated incident.

Essay Topic 3

Write a paper about how something that is at first repulsive and horrible can become so common place that it is scarcely given any thought later on. Use Caputo's experience as the Officer In Charge of the Dead. Relate that to civilian activities such as undertakers, doctors and nurses, and other such professions.

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