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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A book by what author is Caputo trying to read while waiting at the outpost on top of a hill?
(a) Kipling
(b) Henry Miller
(c) Hemmingway
(d) James Joyce

2. How does Caputo see future life in the military?
(a) As financial security for the rest of his life
(b) As good training for surviving natural disasters
(c) As an occasion for excitement and danger
(d) As an easy way to make money

3. What is the concern when they follow another VC blood trail?
(a) That his wounds are not serious and he would get away.
(b) That it will actually be one of their own men.
(c) That he could be hidden waiting to take some of them with him.
(d) That they would not find him alive to take as a prisoner.

4. What do they hear about right away?
(a) They hear of a possible surrender of the Viet Cong.
(b) They hear of death and paralysis for some soldiers.
(c) They hear that they will go to the front lines.
(d) They hear that Saigon has fallen.

5. What does Caputo say he learns later about the war in Vietnam?
(a) That nine-tenths of the time is waiting for the other one-tenth to happen.
(b) That the Viet Cong ha plants in his platoon.
(c) That there would be days when there is no fighting.
(d) That there is never enough time to relax.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is to be the measure of victory in the battle?

2. What is the majority opinion about the countermanded orders to ship out?

3. What is the result for half of the men after they return from Cinderella Liberty?

4. What lesson does Caputo learn that contradicts what he learned at Quantico?

5. What is the landmark near C Company's assignment southwest of Danang?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do they find when they rush a base camp near the LZ?

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

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

5. How does Caputo mention perception and locale when talking about troop size?

6. What happens to the machine-gunner named Parker as they wait for a convoy?

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

8. Describe the Ruff-Puff's activity around the Beau Geste watchtowers.

9. How does the platoon receive Caputo's first lecture?

10. What is the first month like after the battalion reaches Vietnam?

(see the answer keys)

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