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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. What do they learn about military plans in the bush?

2. How do they spend their first day at Danang?

3. What becomes of major importance to Caputo in those early days?

4. Why do they get ready to move out to the war zone several times?

5. What happens right under their noses as they settle into Danang?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the news that makes Caputo sorry he is not there instead of being in Okinawa?

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

3. Explain why Caputo says that at age twenty-four he is more prepared for death than he is for life.

4. What does the hospital corpsman tell Parker about his friend, Esposito?

5. How does Caputo describe himself as he watches the action of the offensive from the hill?

6. What does Caputo recall when the helicopter he is in draws ground fire?

7. Sitting in the outpost ahead of C Company, what does Caputo have difficulty remembering?

8. What is the new warfare of the New Frontier?

9. After a group of VC disappears once again, what does Caputo want to believe?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mob frenzy is an interesting phenomenon. Starting from the total destruction of the village after the Claymore wounded or killed so many men, write a paper on mob mentality and how it causes people to get caught up in the moment without thinking. Compare that to some incident in recent history that you know about.

Essay Topic 2

Write a paper about how something that is at first repulsive and horrible can become so common place that it is scarcely given any thought later on. Use Caputo's experience as the Officer In Charge of the Dead. Relate that to civilian activities such as undertakers, doctors and nurses, and other such professions.

Essay Topic 3

The charges against Caputo and his men would have gone completely unnoticed had the village not lodged a complaint. Write a paper in which you give your opinion about the role of political expediency in deciding when and against whom to prosecute. Discuss whether you think the event involving Le Dung was an isolated incident.

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