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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) Twelve grieving families in America
(b) A dozen more prayers
(c) A dozen letters he has to write
(d) Twleve lost souls

2. Why does Peterson call for an air strike on Hill 107?
(a) He does not want combat going up a hill.
(b) He has spotted Viet cong movement on the hill.
(c) He intercepts a viet Cong communication.
(d) He suspects an ambush.

3. How many men are on a helicopter team?
(a) Ten
(b) Six
(c) Eight
(d) Four

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

5. What booby traps are observed on the trail after fording the river?
(a) Trip wires and mines
(b) Trenches, spider holes for snipers, pangee traps, and rows of sharp, angled stakes
(c) Vines rigged to pull a man into the air
(d) Poison stakes placed so that they are unseen until they scratch the skin

Short Answer Questions

1. What does GSW stand for?

2. Who issues ID cards to the Vietnamese?

3. What is Big Ivan?

4. What happens during Caputo's first night as assistant adjutant?

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

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