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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who issues ID cards to the Vietnamese?
(a) Official ones by the Vietnamese government and forged ones by the VC.
(b) The provencial governments in the country
(c) The US Embassy in Saigon
(d) The head man of each Vietnamese village

2. 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 a truckload.
(c) It seems to need a new filing system.
(d) It seems to be written in a foreign language.

3. What do they do so that the VC corpses will not look recently uninterred?
(a) Brush the dirt off
(b) Strip off their uniforms
(c) Hose them down
(d) Throw loose dust on them

4. What job takes up most of Caputo's time as assistant adjutant?
(a) Regimental Casualty Reporting Officer
(b) Regimental Legal Officer
(c) Regimental Secret and Confidential documents Officer
(d) Regimental Mess Officer

5. What is the aim of Caputo's first entry into combat?
(a) Scare the Viet Cong into retreat.
(b) Find a battalion and destroy it.
(c) Set up an outpost.
(d) Look for snipers and take them out.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What causes the men to name one officer Captain Bligh?

3. In reality, how much time per day does the adjutant work require?

4. Why does Peterson call for an air strike on Hill 107?

5. What booby traps are observed on the trail after fording the river?

(see the answer key)

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