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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens right under their noses as they settle into Danang?
(a) An open attack is launched by the Viet Cong.
(b) A private is killed by friendly fire.
(c) Dozens of B-52 bombers land to rearm.
(d) A dog is blown up as is a sandbag between two men in a foxhole.

2. What do they hear about right away?
(a) They hear of a possible surrender of the Viet Cong.
(b) They hear that they will go to the front lines.
(c) They hear of death and paralysis for some soldiers.
(d) They hear that Saigon has fallen.

3. What does Caputo say accounts for many other casualties?
(a) Disorientation resulting in wandering from the camp
(b) Suicides and in-fighting
(c) Heavy artillery fire that came mostly at night
(d) Sunstroke and accidents, accidental discharges of weapons, and disease

4. What is the majority opinion about the countermanded orders to ship out?
(a) That it is a preparedness test for the real thing.
(b) That the war in Vietnam is over before they can get there.
(c) That is because of political infighting.
(d) That some general has a loose screw.

5. Where is Caputo's first command?
(a) Danang, Vietnam
(b) The Philippines
(c) Seoul, Korea
(d) Okinawa, Japan

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Vietnamese children try to sell bottles of Coke, why do the men refuse them?

2. How do they get from Okinawa to Vietnam?

3. When does Caputo say is the only bearable time of day in Vietnam?

4. Why does boredom get replaced with terror on the outpost hill?

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

(see the answer key)

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