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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What mistake does 2d Lt. Caputo make on a training exercise that gets him a reprimand?
(a) He changes a captain's orders.
(b) He lights up a cigarette.
(c) He takes a nap while waiting for orders.
(d) He orders a retreat.

2. What do Caputo and his platoon have in common?
(a) They all have the desire to stop sitting around and get to the business of war.
(b) They all think they made a big mistake by enlisting.
(c) They all have the same tattoos.
(d) They are all homesick and want to go back home.

3. What does Caputo say is the second stage of soldiers in battle?
(a) Problems remembering specific things
(b) Hatred for everything and everyone around you
(c) Disorientation
(d) Drowsiness

4. Why is it difficult to round up the platoon?
(a) They had gone on a night training hike.
(b) Many of them had gone AWOL.
(c) They hear the news and do not want to be found.
(d) It is Sunday and they are all over the island.

5. How do they get from Okinawa to Vietnam?
(a) They go on PT boats up the China Sea.
(b) They go on an aircraft carrier.
(c) They ship out on giant C-130 planes.
(d) They go in a PanAm chartered plane.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the feeling of the brigade as the offensive begins?

3. What does Caputo speculate about in regard to mines remaining in an area where the RPs are supposed to have cleared them?

4. What event does Caputo recall that further dims the idea of glamor in war?

5. What is the first offensive mission?

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