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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does he imagine being in the military will be like?
(a) He thinks it will be dull and routine.
(b) He imagines it will be like taking a vacation.
(c) He thinks it will be frightening but he needs the money.
(d) He enters the war with romantic notions of being a hero.

3. Why are the Medivac helicopters unable to land to pick up casualties?
(a) The LZ is under enemy machine gun fire.
(b) It was too windy for helicopters to fly
(c) The Howies had destroyed the terraine
(d) The VC had set the LZ on fire

4. What do Caputo and his men discover as they pursue the wounded VC?
(a) A woman carrying a baby
(b) A small base camp
(c) A cache of modern weapons
(d) A tunnel too small for a Marine to enter

5. Why is Caputo relieved that the dead boy had no identification on him?
(a) He doesn't want to have to explain to the boy's family.
(b) He won't have to fill out a lot of paperwork.
(c) He doesn't want to know a name he can not pronounce.
(d) He does not want to think of him as a person but as a dead enemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lieutenant Tester want to know about Caputo's trip to Japan?

2. What becomes of major importance to Caputo in those early days?

3. What does Caputo observe about the young mother as they are searching her house?

4. From where does the attrition in 1st Battalion come?

5. What names does Caputo recall from his platoon?

(see the answer key)

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