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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the landmark near C Company's assignment southwest of Danang?
(a) Elephant butte
(b) Alpha Range
(c) Charlie Ridge
(d) Phanom Phen

2. How does Caputo describe his feeling after learning about the death and casualties?
(a) It is the remorse of not having been with his men.
(b) It is the detachment of unreality.
(c) It is the sadness of seeing his friends changed.
(d) It is the first time he feelst the slimy, hollow-cold fear of death.

3. What is going on inside the operations tent the night of the assault?
(a) Everything is in order and quiet.
(b) There is confusion and the colonel is staring at the map.
(c) Platoon leaders are being briefed on what to do.
(d) The lights are put out so that the VC cannot see it as a target.

4. How is pursuit defined in the jungle of Vietnam?
(a) As a regular forward march
(b) A joyous chase
(c) A vicious, mud-bound manhunt
(d) Like a surreal track meet

5. What does Caputo say he learns later about the war in Vietnam?
(a) That nine-tenths of the time is waiting for the other one-tenth to happen.
(b) That there would be days when there is no fighting.
(c) That there is never enough time to relax.
(d) That the Viet Cong ha plants in his platoon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Caputo classify Gen. Westmoreland?

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

4. What familiar smells and sounds does Caputo comment on back at base camp?

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

(see the answer key)

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