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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What looks beautiful from the hill but becomes ominous up close?
(a) The vietnamese villages
(b) The orange smoke of artillery
(c) The muddy colored river
(d) The Cordellia

3. What evidence do they find to show it is a VC attack?
(a) They bring in two bodies in the morning wearing Vietnamese regulation uniforms.
(b) They find a warning letter pinned to a palm tree.
(c) They find the spent cartridges from the snipers' rifles.
(d) They discover prints in the mud made by men without shoes.

4. When does Caputo say is the only bearable time of day in Vietnam?
(a) Midnight
(b) Early morning
(c) Mid-morning
(d) Sunset

5. Why is an artillery attack denied when a patrol advancing to the base is spotted?
(a) A Marine patrol is lost out in the same area.
(b) New artillery ammunitions has not arrived.
(c) The higher commanders do not believe the report.
(d) No one has the exact coordinates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the misconception the platoon has when they are deployed to Vietnam?

2. What begins happening at night at the Danang base?

3. Where does Caputo go after being shown his sleeping quarters?

4. What is the effect of burning magnesium?

5. How do they spend their first day at Danang?

(see the answer key)

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