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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 do they do so that the VC corpses will not look recently uninterred?
(a) Throw loose dust on them
(b) Hose them down
(c) Strip off their uniforms
(d) Brush the dirt off
2. What warning does Caputo receive after the destruction at Ha Na?
(a) He is risking his men when he lets them turn savage like that.
(b) He will be relieved of command if anything like this happens again.
(c) He will have to stay on the front line if he cannot control his platoon.
(d) He may be facing a serious reprimand if it happens again.
3. In reality, how much time per day does the adjutant work require?
(a) At least ten hours a day
(b) Three or four hours
(c) Six to eight hours per day
(d) Two hours in the mornings
4. What is it that Captain Neal wants from the platoon?
(a) Better marksmanship
(b) VC bodies
(c) Explanations
(d) A share of their cheese
5. Where does Caputo notice the VC has cut the chain link fence to infiltrate the airfield?
(a) Right behind the colonel's office tent.
(b) At the place his platoon had guarded when they first came to Danang airfield.
(c) Near the mess hall which was vacant at night.
(d) On the back side near the planes.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens to a large number of the platoon down in a paddy?
2. What is going on inside the operations tent the night of the assault?
3. What is Caputo's reply to an officer who says the PFCs are shooting at shadows again?
4. How does Caputo describe the sounds of VC rifle fire?
5. What happens to the Battalion Headquarters during Operation Long Lance?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the ridiculous hold up in getting the evac helicopters to the platoon?
2. Under assault conditions, what is the assistant adjutant's responsibility?
3. How serious are the results of the assault?
4. What is the condition of the radio when Caputo gets it from inside the bunker?
5. What does Caputo say about the effect of his job as Regimental Casualty Reporting Officer?
6. What is so frustrating to Caputo during the trial?
7. Why does Caputo volunteer for the line?
8. Why is the old Vietnamese man lucky the night of the interrogation?
9. Why does it take so long to launch Operation Long Lance?
10. What are some of the contradictions Caputo itemizes about the war?
This section contains 760 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
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