View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the new command, what does Caputo say the men do?
(a) They do hours of calisthenics.
(b) They work as extras for McHale's Navy.
(c) They play in the jungle by day and drink with the prostitutes by night.
(d) They carve monkey faces in coconuts.

2. What do they learn about military plans in the bush?
(a) Their Quantico training has really paid off.
(b) Why there are always contingencies.
(c) How to avoid surprise.
(d) Nothing ever happens according to plan.

3. Who makes up Caputo's first command?
(a) Older, war experienced non-coms
(b) New recruits from Alabama
(c) Men he went to basic training with
(d) A group of forty Marines in the Third Marines Division

4. Why throw a grenade instead of firing a rifle in the dark?
(a) The rifle fire could give away the soldier's position.
(b) Grenades make more noise.
(c) Rifle fire is a waste of ammunition.
(d) The grenade will cover more territory.

5. What does Caputo call the training for war?
(a) A subtle kind of mind control
(b) The last torture
(c) The calm before the storm
(d) A little bit of hell

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the majority opinion about the countermanded orders to ship out?

2. How does Caputo describe the feelings of the men after the destruction of the village Giao-Tri?

3. What is the refrain the sergeant teaches the men during war training?

4. What does the village of Hua-Vuc conjure up in the minds of the Marines?

5. What does Caputo observe about the young mother as they are searching her house?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 403 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample