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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event does Caputo recall that further dims the idea of glamor in war?
(a) Watching one of his men shot and killed by a sniper
(b) The crash of a Marine helicopter
(c) A visit to the field hospital
(d) An outbreak of malaria

2. How many men are on a helicopter team?
(a) Six
(b) Four
(c) Ten
(d) Eight

3. What is the majority opinion about the countermanded orders to ship out?
(a) That the war in Vietnam is over before they can get there.
(b) That it is a preparedness test for the real thing.
(c) That is because of political infighting.
(d) That some general has a loose screw.

4. What does Caputo say accounts for many other casualties?
(a) Suicides and in-fighting
(b) Heavy artillery fire that came mostly at night
(c) Sunstroke and accidents, accidental discharges of weapons, and disease
(d) Disorientation resulting in wandering from the camp

5. How does Gonzales become the first casualty of Caputo's platoon?
(a) He is laying wire where there are mines that had not been removed.
(b) He comes down with malaria and dies.
(c) He is hit by a sniper when he gets out of his foxhole.
(d) Walking across the airstrip, he is hit by a helicopter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mistake does 2d Lt. Caputo make on a training exercise that gets him a reprimand?

2. How long do Caputo and his platoon continue guarding the parameters at Danang?

3. What do they hear about right away?

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

5. How do they get from Okinawa to Vietnam?

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