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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When does Caputo say is the only bearable time of day in Vietnam?
(a) Midnight
(b) Early morning
(c) Sunset
(d) Mid-morning

3. When the Vietnamese children try to sell bottles of Coke, why do the men refuse them?
(a) They do not want to deprive the children.
(b) In that weather the Cokes are all spoiled.
(c) They have no time to drink a Coke.
(d) Coke is a weapon often laced with poison or ground glass.

4. What occurs as Caputo walks through the elephant grass in the jungle?
(a) He comes face to face with a viet Cong.
(b) He steps on a land mine that fortunately does not detonate.
(c) He is almost shot by Lance Corporal Skates.
(d) He walks up on an Asian elephant.

5. What looks beautiful from the hill but becomes ominous up close?
(a) The vietnamese villages
(b) The muddy colored river
(c) The Cordellia
(d) The orange smoke of artillery

Short Answer Questions

1. In this first offensive, how do Caputo and his men see themselves?

2. What is Big Ivan?

3. What is the first offensive mission?

4. Why is it difficult to round up the platoon?

5. How many men are on a helicopter team?

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