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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who makes up Caputo's first command?
(a) Older, war experienced non-coms
(b) Men he went to basic training with
(c) New recruits from Alabama
(d) A group of forty Marines in the Third Marines Division

2. What happens about two hundred yards away from the village?
(a) They get lost and go around in a circle.
(b) The Hill 267 howitzers shell near the place where they are.
(c) An attack helicopter goes ahead of them to strafe the area.
(d) The invisible enemy opens automatic sniper fire on them.

3. At what age does Philip Caputo enlist in the Marine Corps?
(a) 18
(b) 19
(c) 20
(d) 21

4. What does Caputo say he learns later about the war in Vietnam?
(a) That nine-tenths of the time is waiting for the other one-tenth to happen.
(b) That there is never enough time to relax.
(c) That there would be days when there is no fighting.
(d) That the Viet Cong ha plants in his platoon.

5. What looks beautiful from the hill but becomes ominous up close?
(a) The Cordellia
(b) The vietnamese villages
(c) The orange smoke of artillery
(d) The muddy colored river

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Caputo call the training for war?

2. What is everyone told about the war in the first briefing Caputo attends?

3. What happens with the ARVN scouts in the first offensive action?

4. What is the real resistance walking from the L to the Vietnamese village?

5. Why does Caputo choose to enlist with the Marines?

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