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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lemmon say they are trying to do while the Howies are strafing the area?
(a) Running for cover
(b) Rescue civilians
(c) Looking for the LZ
(d) Praying for rain

2. What is the warning as Caputo and his men head for Charlie Ridge?
(a) Watch out for crocodiles.
(b) Watch out for those booby traps.
(c) Watch out for quicksand.
(d) Watch out for sink holes.

3. What does Caputo call the training for war?
(a) A subtle kind of mind control
(b) The calm before the storm
(c) The last torture
(d) A little bit of hell

4. What happens when Caputo drinks with some Australian soldiers?
(a) He ends up having to pay for the drinks.
(b) He gets drunk and wakes up the next morning in a bargirl's room.
(c) He drinks the Aussies under the table.
(d) He has one drink and leaves before things get out of hand.

5. Why does Caputo have to count VC bodies sent in for burial?
(a) There is no time to count them in the field.
(b) Company commanders tend to exaggerate body counts.
(c) To make sure they are actually dead.
(d) To make sure none of them are Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What change does Caputo notice in his men back at their position on the hill?

2. Why are Caputo and the rest of the men so exhausted?

3. What is Colonel Nickerson's interest during this time?

4. What does he imagine being in the military will be like?

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

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