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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why does Peterson call for an air strike on Hill 107?
(a) He has spotted Viet cong movement on the hill.
(b) He suspects an ambush.
(c) He does not want combat going up a hill.
(d) He intercepts a viet Cong communication.
2. Who seems to know what will happen better than the soldiers?
(a) The chaplains
(b) The prostitutes
(c) The telephone operators
(d) The messhall cooks
3. What does Caputo do at Camp Upshur, Virginia?
(a) He goes through basic training.
(b) He attends college classes.
(c) He gets his physical fitness examination.
(d) He waits for his orders to go to basic training.
4. How does Caputo's attempt to get closer to his men on leave in Danang work out?
(a) They end up in a brawl until the MPs arrive.
(b) The conversation is muddled and Caputo gives up.
(c) They become closer and Caputo listens to their advice.
(d) The enlisted men do not trust Caputo, the officer.
5. Why is it difficult to round up the platoon?
(a) They hear the news and do not want to be found.
(b) Many of them had gone AWOL.
(c) They had gone on a night training hike.
(d) It is Sunday and they are all over the island.
6. At what age does Philip Caputo enlist in the Marine Corps?
(a) 18
(b) 20
(c) 19
(d) 21
7. What does Caputo call the training for war?
(a) A subtle kind of mind control
(b) The last torture
(c) The calm before the storm
(d) A little bit of hell
8. How does Caputo describe his feeling after learning about the death and casualties?
(a) It is the detachment of unreality.
(b) It is the sadness of seeing his friends changed.
(c) It is the first time he feelst the slimy, hollow-cold fear of death.
(d) It is the remorse of not having been with his men.
9. How does Caputo describe the feelings of the men after the destruction of the village Giao-Tri?
(a) They are believing that there are no civilians in war.
(b) There is great shock at how they went mad in the destruction.
(c) The men are learning to hate those who give succor to the enemy.
(d) The men wonder if that could ever happen in America.
10. What lesson does Caputo learn that contradicts what he learned at Quantico?
(a) Not to lead a forced march
(b) Not to shout orders to his men
(c) Not to stand up and give arm signals
(d) Not to light up a cigarette
11. What do the bar girls insist on before they will leave with a Marine?
(a) He must buy them one drink.
(b) He must pay them up front for their services.
(c) He must go shower.
(d) He must get tested by a vietnamese doctor.
12. When the wounded VC's trail leads around a bend in the river, what choices does Caputo have?
(a) Assume the VC is dead or wait and watch for some movement.
(b) Go around the bend himself or send a volunteer.
(c) Call for air cover or send a RP scout in to take a look.
(d) Go after him and risk an ambush or turn around and go back.
13. What change does Caputo notice in his men back at their position on the hill?
(a) They have become even closer.
(b) They have grown apart and do not look at each other.
(c) They are withdrawn and wild-eyed.
(d) They have all truned gray haired.
14. What does the village of Hua-Vuc conjure up in the minds of the Marines?
(a) It reminds them of Okinawa.
(b) It becomes symbolic of weariness.
(c) It becomes synonymous with the war.
(d) It is situated like the training villages of Quantico.
15. What does Caputo say about the significance of a single death in war?
(a) After experiencing many deaths, the impact of one death diminishes.
(b) One developes a sense of better him than me.
(c) No matter how many you see, it never diminishes in effect.
(d) After so long a time, it has no significance at all.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Lemmon tell Caputo that Sullivan is doing when he gets shot?
2. Why is Caputo relieved that the dead boy had no identification on him?
3. What is the misconception the platoon has when they are deployed to Vietnam?
4. What fills the foggy night after the pursuit of the VC and the body count?
5. What casualties are suffered during the next two days?
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