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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Does Caputo believe the deployment is for real when he is told about it?
(a) Yes, but he is too stunned to know what to do.
(b) No, he ignores it and goes on drinking.
(c) No, he calls the OD to make sure.
(d) Yes, he runs to the base to start packing.

3. Where does Caputo notice the VC has cut the chain link fence to infiltrate the airfield?
(a) At the place his platoon had guarded when they first came to Danang airfield.
(b) On the back side near the planes.
(c) Near the mess hall which was vacant at night.
(d) Right behind the colonel's office tent.

4. What does Caputo almost trip over going through the high grass?
(a) A VC corpse
(b) A dead water buffalo
(c) The radio operator
(d) A trip wire connected to a mine

5. What does Lemmon tell Caputo that Sullivan is doing when he gets shot?
(a) Filling canteens at the river
(b) Patrolling the area
(c) Operating the radio
(d) Cleaning his rifle

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men are on a helicopter team?

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

3. What evidence do they find to show it is a VC attack?

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

5. How does Caputo classify Gen. Westmoreland?

(see the answer key)

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