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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comes by belatedly as Caputo watches?
(a) A battalion of riot police
(b) A convoy of generals
(c) A convoy of Marines pulling howitzers
(d) A line of foot soldiers carrying bazookas

2. What are the Marines doing in the truck beds?
(a) Singing the Marine Hymn
(b) Staying down under cover
(c) Holding up their rifles and yelling
(d) Firing at will

3. What does Caputo say about the significance of a single death in war?
(a) After so long a time, it has no significance at all.
(b) After experiencing many deaths, the impact of one death diminishes.
(c) No matter how many you see, it never diminishes in effect.
(d) One developes a sense of better him than me.

4. What becomes of Vietnamese wounded in battle or victims of landmines?
(a) They are usually shot.
(b) They are put up in retirement homes.
(c) They are left to beg on the streets.
(d) They take desk jobs in their headquarters.

5. What game are Campbell and Greene playing in the NCO's tent when Caputo enters?
(a) Poker
(b) Cribbage
(c) Canasta
(d) Gin Rummy

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Caputo as he is crawling on his stomach to get back to his men?

2. What does Caputo speculate about in regard to mines remaining in an area where the RPs are supposed to have cleared them?

3. Where does Caputo go after being shown his sleeping quarters?

4. What meal does Caputo order in Saigon that surprises the French speaking waiter?

5. What do they experience on their first night?

(see the answer key)

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