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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 head man of each Vietnamese village
(d) The US Embassy in Saigon

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

4. What lesson does Caputo learn that contradicts what he learned at Quantico?
(a) Not to shout orders to his men
(b) Not to stand up and give arm signals
(c) Not to lead a forced march
(d) Not to light up a cigarette

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Caputo have to count VC bodies sent in for burial?

2. What is the warning as Caputo and his men head for Charlie Ridge?

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

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

5. What are SLJOs?

(see the answer key)

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