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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 do Caputo and Crowe do with grenades on the way to Hill 92?

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

3. How does Caputo recall the two months after the Ha Na experience?

4. What warning does Caputo receive after the destruction at Ha Na?

5. Who is Elmer Fudd at division HQ?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What becomes Caputo's chief responsibility and how does he begin to see himself?

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

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

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

6. Why is the chaplain upset?

7. Why does Caputo volunteer for the line?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using the colonel who had bodies dug up to show a visiting general and the colonel who wanted his horseshoe pitch done during preparations for a VC offensive, discuss in a paper how some people rise to the top without having the necessary qualifications. Discuss in the paper whether you think this is a phenomenon limited to the military.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about the American withdrawal from Vietnam. It has gone down in history as the first war the Americans ever lost. Express your opinion in the paper about how the pullout affected the worldwide view of America as a Democracy.

Essay Topic 3

A recurring theme in the book is fear. Using examples of extreme fear in the book, write a paper about how fear can cause people to do things they would not normally do. You may want to relate this to a personal example of behavior when you were very frightened.

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