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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In this first offensive, how do Caputo and his men see themselves?
2. What does Lemmon tell Caputo that Sullivan is doing when he gets shot?
3. How does Caputo explain Peterson's walking away and not looking at Sullivan after he is shot?
4. What fills the foggy night after the pursuit of the VC and the body count?
5. What is Caputo's impression of the adjutant?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Caputo sense at his old base camp when he goes to collect his belongings?
2. What is it like for Caputo as they march back through Giao-Tri?
3. Explain why Caputo says that at age twenty-four he is more prepared for death than he is for life.
4. How do Caputo and his 40-odd men get transported to the war zone?
5. What is the sound of 155mm artillery firing?
6. What is the advantage on Hill 268 where Caputo's company is poistioned?
7. Why do the men continually have to be reminded to keep five paces between them and the next man?
8. What does Caputo say the old salts used to tell him is the most memorable moment in an officer's life?
9. What is the first month like after the battalion reaches Vietnam?
10. What is Caputo's troublesome encounter with Sergeant Fred Wagoner?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a paper on the morality of war. Express your opinion as to whether war has ever in the history of the world accomplished good. Add to your paper ideas about how wars may be avoided in the future.
Essay Topic 2
Discomfort is never pleasant. Using the book, write about some of the worst situations in terms of comfort and express your opinion about how well you would deal with them. Some examples you might use are the leeches, immersion foot, sleeping in several inches of water in a foxhole, trying to sleep with large artillery going off all night, having only C Rations to eat, etc.
Essay Topic 3
Write a paper on the need of many men to prove their manhood. Express your opinion as to why this is something Caputo mentions several times in the book. Besides war, what are ways some men choose to prove to themselves that they are real men? Express your opinion as to whether such behavior is necessary.
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