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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Caputo go for advanced training?
(a) Fort Hood, TX
(b) Camp Pendleton, CA
(c) Ft. Bragg, NC
(d) Quantico, VA

2. How do they spend their first day at Danang?
(a) Looking for a place to put their tents
(b) Packing and piling sandbags and digging foxholes and ditches
(c) Reading field manuals
(d) Getting a tour of the area

3. What names does Caputo recall from his platoon?
(a) Men with whom he played poker and drank beer
(b) Men who either died or were severely wounded in combat
(c) Men who always followed his orders to the letter
(d) Men who caused him the most grief

4. What are some of the things Caputo learns in Marine training?
(a) Military protocol, military dress, military jargon, and Marine Corps traditions.
(b) Use of new technology, making homemade weapons, and disarming women combatants.
(c) Physical exercize, recommended reading, and filing of paperwork.
(d) Survival skills, Marine history, rules and regulations, weaponry, and how to kill.

5. What do Caputo and his platoon have in common?
(a) They are all homesick and want to go back home.
(b) They all have the same tattoos.
(c) They all think they made a big mistake by enlisting.
(d) They all have the desire to stop sitting around and get to the business of war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it difficult to round up the platoon?

2. How do they get from Okinawa to Vietnam?

3. Where is Caputo's first command?

4. What do they hear about right away?

5. At what age does Philip Caputo enlist in the Marine Corps?

(see the answer key)

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