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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Elmer Fudd at division HQ?
(a) The cartoon mascot of the division HQ.
(b) The bald headed Lt. Colonel Executive Officer for Colonel Wheeler.
(c) The chief cook at the officers' mess.
(d) A pet monkey captured in the jungle.

2. What happens about two hundred yards away from the village?
(a) They get lost and go around in a circle.
(b) An attack helicopter goes ahead of them to strafe the area.
(c) The invisible enemy opens automatic sniper fire on them.
(d) The Hill 267 howitzers shell near the place where they are.

3. What is Big Ivan?
(a) The radio code name for the battery of howitzers used ahead of the troop movement 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 squadron of helicopters that will take the troops into combat

4. For what operation is C Company ordered to prepare?
(a) Operation Hardest Mein
(b) Operation Harvest Moon
(c) Operation Victor charlie
(d) Operation Blue Angel

5. What are WIAs and KIAs?
(a) Wounded in Action and Killed in Action
(b) War Insurgent Actions and Korean Involvement Accounting
(c) Korean made cars used in Vietnam
(d) Types of weapons used at short range

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What looks beautiful from the hill but becomes ominous up close?

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

5. Who issues ID cards to the Vietnamese?

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