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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 classify Gen. Westmoreland?
(a) As a businessman
(b) As a figure head
(c) As a fighting man
(d) As a public relations man

2. What do they experience on their first night?
(a) The night becomes unbearably cold.
(b) Night brings sniper fire in the distance and swarms of biting insects.
(c) Night brings on a monsoon rain.
(d) At night they can see the flashes of bombs detonated.

3. How do they spend their first day at Danang?
(a) Reading field manuals
(b) Getting a tour of the area
(c) Looking for a place to put their tents
(d) Packing and piling sandbags and digging foxholes and ditches

4. What is to be the measure of victory in the battle?
(a) The number of enemy corpses
(b) The time it takes to finish clearing the area
(c) The cooperation of the ARVN
(d) The cessation of sniper fire

5. Who has noticed the relaxed camp arrangements and tries to correct them?
(a) Maj-Gen Lew Walt
(b) Colonel Anderson
(c) Captain Johnson
(d) Phil Caputo

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Caputo believe the deployment is for real when he is told about it?

2. How is pursuit defined in the jungle of Vietnam?

3. Why is Caputo relieved that the dead boy had no identification on him?

4. What is the landmark near C Company's assignment southwest of Danang?

5. What does Caputo say about the VC guerrillas being everywhere?

(see the answer key)

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