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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. What is the meaning of Sympathetic Detonation?
(a) Mine fields that harm only the enemy.
(b) Military speak for an explosion caused by a US military error.
(c) Explosives that fail to detonate.
(d) Silent explosions.
2. What meal does Caputo order in Saigon that surprises the French speaking waiter?
(a) Chateaubriand and a bottle of red wine
(b) Six hamburgers and a pitcher of beer
(c) Spaghetti and a bottle of Chianti
(d) Rice with nouac-mam sauce
3. One night under attack, how does Sergeant Mora show up in a foxhole?
(a) Wearing only his shirt
(b) Wearing nothing but his gun belt
(c) Wearing a sheet
(d) Wearing a kimono he got in Japan
4. Who was the first KIA in 1st Battalion?
(a) The Battilion commander
(b) Peterson, who had been transferred.
(c) Sullivan
(d) Corpsman Levy, a man Caputo knew.
5. Why is Caputo angry that Crowe and his men do not bring in the suspected VC?
(a) He is angry because he needs some target practice.
(b) He is angry because he knows he will be blamed.
(c) He is angry because he would have gotten credit for the capture.
(d) He is angry because of the high casualties they have suffered.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the effect of burning magnesium?
2. How does Caputo classify Gen. Westmoreland?
3. What is the only advantage the platoon has over the VC at Hoi-Vuc?
4. What are SLJOs?
5. After Caputo's dream, what vision does he have in the daylight?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are some of the contradictions Caputo itemizes about the war?
2. Why does Caputo volunteer for the line?
3. What is Caputo's opinion of Maj-Gen Lew Walt the night of the first VC assault on the battalion base camp?
4. Coming across a clearing, how does Caputo manage to get to the other side?
5. Why are the men of C Company pleased about the treats sent to them?
6. Describe the Marines in Caputo's dream platoon.
7. What effect does Colonel Nickerson have on the morale of the Marines?
8. Under assault conditions, what is the assistant adjutant's responsibility?
9. What is the ridiculous hold up in getting the evac helicopters to the platoon?
10. What does Corporal Stasek say about the bodies the colonel wants left out for the clerks and General Thompson to see?
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