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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 Caputo's impression of the adjutant?
(a) Tall and gangly with big hands and feet
(b) Old and about ready for retirement
(c) A trim Marine ready for combat
(d) Overweight belly hanging over his belt and a large head

2. Why is Caputo relieved that the dead boy had no identification on him?
(a) He won't have to fill out a lot of paperwork.
(b) He doesn't want to have to explain to the boy's family.
(c) He doesn't want to know a name he can not pronounce.
(d) He does not want to think of him as a person but as a dead enemy.

3. What does Caputo observe about the young mother as they are searching her house?
(a) How she appreciates his putting everything back in place.
(b) How frightened she looks.
(c) How she covers her face with a scarf.
(d) How she looks on with complete passivity and without without expression.

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

5. What comes by belatedly as Caputo watches?
(a) A convoy of generals
(b) A convoy of Marines pulling howitzers
(c) A line of foot soldiers carrying bazookas
(d) A battalion of riot police

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the concern when they follow another VC blood trail?

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

4. Why is an artillery attack denied when a patrol advancing to the base is spotted?

5. Who has noticed the relaxed camp arrangements and tries to correct them?

(see the answer key)

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