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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only advantage the platoon has over the VC at Hoi-Vuc?
(a) The element of surprise is on their side.
(b) They hav better munitions.
(c) The sun is in the VC's eyes.
(d) They outnumber them.

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

3. What meal does Caputo order in Saigon that surprises the French speaking waiter?
(a) Rice with nouac-mam sauce
(b) Six hamburgers and a pitcher of beer
(c) Spaghetti and a bottle of Chianti
(d) Chateaubriand and a bottle of red wine

4. What is the meaning of Sympathetic Detonation?
(a) Silent explosions.
(b) Explosives that fail to detonate.
(c) Military speak for an explosion caused by a US military error.
(d) Mine fields that harm only the enemy.

5. Who never looks up as they cross the muddy paddies?
(a) Some boys catching frogs
(b) A water buffalo
(c) Three Vietnamese girls planting rice
(d) An old farmer

6. Why are Caputo and Crowe brought up on charges to face court martial?
(a) Crowe is blamed for killing the old woman under Caputo's orders.
(b) They are charged with using white-phosphorus at close range.
(c) Some Vietnamese are shot standing still and not running.
(d) The boy, Le Dung, is killed and the village files a protest.

7. How much of the base does Caputo say has escaped the damage?
(a) Only the perimeters
(b) Only a little
(c) Most of it
(d) About half

8. By the time Caputo transfers back to a line company in 1st Battalion, what are his convictions about the war?
(a) He has the same attitude he had when he arrived.
(b) He is more dedicated than ever.
(c) They have deteriorated to almost nothing.
(d) He almost never thinks about it.

9. What is Colonel Nickerson's interest during this time?
(a) Building a horseshoe pit
(b) Regulating the drinking hours
(c) Getting a new command
(d) Speeding up the defense preparations

10. What do they do so that the VC corpses will not look recently uninterred?
(a) Strip off their uniforms
(b) Brush the dirt off
(c) Hose them down
(d) Throw loose dust on them

11. 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 will have to stay on the front line if he cannot control his platoon.
(c) He is risking his men when he lets them turn savage like that.
(d) He may be facing a serious reprimand if it happens again.

12. What job takes up most of Caputo's time as assistant adjutant?
(a) Regimental Secret and Confidential documents Officer
(b) Regimental Legal Officer
(c) Regimental Mess Officer
(d) Regimental Casualty Reporting Officer

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

14. How does Caputo describe the sounds of VC rifle fire?
(a) Tap, tap, tap
(b) Snap, crackle, pop
(c) Bam, bam, bam
(d) Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh

15. What happens to a large number of the platoon down in a paddy?
(a) They step into a quicksand bog.
(b) They take a wrong turn and get lost in some elephant grass.
(c) A homemade Claymore is tripped and there are nine casualties.
(d) They get bogged down in the mud and have to fire from there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chaplain Ryerson call twelve KIAs?

2. Why is Caputo angry that Crowe and his men do not bring in the suspected VC?

3. What is the name of the operation C Company is waiting to begin?

4. Why is there a great deal of physical work to be done as the monsoon season begins?

5. What does GSW stand for?

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