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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chaplain Ryerson call twelve KIAs?
(a) A dozen letters he has to write
(b) A dozen more prayers
(c) Twelve grieving families in America
(d) Twleve lost souls

2. What causes the men to name one officer Captain Bligh?
(a) He punches out a PFC for talking back to him.
(b) He orders the men to drop and do pushups for him.
(c) He shouts at them for having dirty uniforms.
(d) He pulls a rifle inspection on the line and reams out the whole platoon.

3. What is Big Ivan?
(a) The squadron of helicopters that will take the troops into combat
(b) The radio communications system needed for orders on the combat
(c) The general who is overseeing the troop movement into combat
(d) The radio code name for the battery of howitzers used ahead of the troop movement into combat

4. How does the paperwork in the adjutant's office appear to Caputo?
(a) It seems to be a simple task.
(b) It seems to be written in a foreign language.
(c) It seems to need a new filing system.
(d) It seems to be a truckload.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens about two hundred yards away from the village?

2. What is the aim of Caputo's first entry into combat?

3. When does Caputo say is the only bearable time of day in Vietnam?

4. Who is Elmer Fudd at division HQ?

5. How many men are on a helicopter team?

(see the answer key)

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