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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do they learn about military plans in the bush?
(a) Why there are always contingencies.
(b) Their Quantico training has really paid off.
(c) How to avoid surprise.
(d) Nothing ever happens according to plan.

2. What is the real resistance walking from the L to the Vietnamese village?
(a) Muddy rice paddies
(b) Farmers armed with pitchforks
(c) Constant sniper fire
(d) The land, the sun, and the jungle

3. When the Vietnamese children try to sell bottles of Coke, why do the men refuse them?
(a) In that weather the Cokes are all spoiled.
(b) They have no time to drink a Coke.
(c) They do not want to deprive the children.
(d) Coke is a weapon often laced with poison or ground glass.

4. When the wounded VC's trail leads around a bend in the river, what choices does Caputo have?
(a) Assume the VC is dead or wait and watch for some movement.
(b) Go after him and risk an ambush or turn around and go back.
(c) Call for air cover or send a RP scout in to take a look.
(d) Go around the bend himself or send a volunteer.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What place do they pass through on the fourth day?

3. Where is Caputo's first command?

4. How does Caputo see future life in the military?

5. How does Caputo describe his feeling after learning about the death and casualties?

(see the answer key)

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