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A Rumor of War Quiz

Philip Caputo
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A Rumor of War Quiz

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1)

Why does boredom get replaced with terror on the outpost hill? (from Chapter 6)

Rock apes descend on the outpost.
Enemy fighters fly overhead.
The fighting begins to move up the hill.
A VC almost infiltrates the outpost.
2)

What promise does Captain Neal make regardless of the ethic involved? (from Chapter 18)

Any Marine who kills a VC will be given a promotion.
Any Marine who kills a certified VC will get beer and time to drink it.
Any Marine who kills a VC will be given a week's R and R.
Any Marine who kills a VC will be flown back to base camp.
3)

What is the landmark near C Company's assignment southwest of Danang? (from Chapter 7)

Charlie Ridge
Phanom Phen
Alpha Range
Elephant butte
4)

When the Vietnamese children try to sell bottles of Coke, why do the men refuse them? (from Chapter 6)

They have no time to drink a Coke.
They do not want to deprive the children.
In that weather the Cokes are all spoiled.
Coke is a weapon often laced with poison or ground glass.
5)

When the wounded VC's trail leads around a bend in the river, what choices does Caputo have? (from Chapter 7)

Go around the bend himself or send a volunteer.
Assume the VC is dead or wait and watch for some movement.
Go after him and risk an ambush or turn around and go back.
Call for air cover or send a RP scout in to take a look.
6)

What is Caputo's impression of the adjutant? (from Chapter 9)

A trim Marine ready for combat
Overweight belly hanging over his belt and a large head
Tall and gangly with big hands and feet
Old and about ready for retirement
7)

What is it that Captain Neal wants from the platoon? (from Chapter 18)

A share of their cheese
Explanations
Better marksmanship
VC bodies
8)

What is happening to the ARVN? (from Epilogue)

It is regrouping for one last fight.
It is winning a few major battles.
It is disintegrating.
It is re-establlishing at Danang.
9)

What is the result for half of the men after they return from Cinderella Liberty? (from Chapter 8)

Bad cases of alcohol poisoning from cheap whiskey
Denial of any further liberty
Dysentary for three days
Monster hangovers and Venereal Disease
10)

What irony does Caputo see in the guerrilla warfare manual he had studied in the States? (from Chapter 7)

The suggestion that the enemy could not advance in the jungle.
The remark that the jungle is only in Africa.
The statement that one should not be afraid of the jungle.
The idea that the jungle is only trees.
11)

One night under attack, how does Sergeant Mora show up in a foxhole? (from Chapter 12)

Wearing only his shirt
Wearing a sheet
Wearing a kimono he got in Japan
Wearing nothing but his gun belt
12)

Why are the Medivac helicopters unable to land to pick up casualties? (from Chapter 9)

The LZ is under enemy machine gun fire.
It was too windy for helicopters to fly
The Howies had destroyed the terraine
The VC had set the LZ on fire
13)

Why is Caputo relieved that the dead boy had no identification on him? (from Chapter 7)

He doesn't want to have to explain to the boy's family.
He does not want to think of him as a person but as a dead enemy.
He won't have to fill out a lot of paperwork.
He doesn't want to know a name he can not pronounce.
14)

For what operation is C Company ordered to prepare? (from Chapter 15)

Operation Harvest Moon
Operation Hardest Mein
Operation Victor charlie
Operation Blue Angel
15)

Who are the only adults who pay attention to the Marines as they pass through Dogpatch? (from Chapter 6)

The fruit venders
The local police
The Vietnamese Ruff-Puffs on leave
The whores called Boom-Boom girls
16)

How much of the base does Caputo say has escaped the damage? (from Chapter 11)

Most of it
Only the perimeters
About half
Only a little
17)

Who issues ID cards to the Vietnamese? (from Chapter 15)

Official ones by the Vietnamese government and forged ones by the VC.
The provencial governments in the country
The US Embassy in Saigon
The head man of each Vietnamese village
18)

What do they do so that the VC corpses will not look recently uninterred? (from Chapter 10)

Throw loose dust on them
Strip off their uniforms
Hose them down
Brush the dirt off
19)

What happens to the Battalion Headquarters during Operation Long Lance? (from Chapter 17)

The officers all leave on a helicopter.
Eight officers and a number of enlisted men are killed.
They have to move farther back.
Battalion HQ is attacked by a frightened water buffalo.
20)

Where is Caputo in 1975? (from Epilogue)

Having daily flights over the military war zone to write reports for his newspaper
In a hotel in Saigon
In an office in the Chicago Tribune
On his way back to Vietnam
21)

What happens when Caputo drinks with some Australian soldiers? (from Chapter 8)

He has one drink and leaves before things get out of hand.
He ends up having to pay for the drinks.
He drinks the Aussies under the table.
He gets drunk and wakes up the next morning in a bargirl's room.
22)

How does Caputo classify Gen. Westmoreland? (from Chapter 11)

As a businessman
As a fighting man
As a public relations man
As a figure head
23)

What does Lemmon tell Caputo that Sullivan is doing when he gets shot? (from Chapter 9)

Operating the radio
Cleaning his rifle
Filling canteens at the river
Patrolling the area
24)

Where does Caputo notice the VC has cut the chain link fence to infiltrate the airfield? (from Chapter 11)

Near the mess hall which was vacant at night.
Right behind the colonel's office tent.
At the place his platoon had guarded when they first came to Danang airfield.
On the back side near the planes.
25)

What do they learn about military plans in the bush? (from Chapter 6)

Nothing ever happens according to plan.
Why there are always contingencies.
Their Quantico training has really paid off.
How to avoid surprise.
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