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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long do Caputo and his platoon continue guarding the parameters at Danang?
(a) Seven weeks
(b) Six months
(c) Over a month
(d) Six days

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

3. 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 some general has a loose screw.
(c) That is because of political infighting.
(d) That the war in Vietnam is over before they can get there.

4. What booby traps are observed on the trail after fording the river?
(a) Trenches, spider holes for snipers, pangee traps, and rows of sharp, angled stakes
(b) Trip wires and mines
(c) Poison stakes placed so that they are unseen until they scratch the skin
(d) Vines rigged to pull a man into the air

5. Where are most of the men when the orders come to deploy to Vietnam?
(a) Sitting on the beach surf fishing
(b) Asleep in their quarters
(c) On leave in Tokyo
(d) Out drinking and visiting the Okinawan prostitutes

Short Answer Questions

1. What is everyone told about the war in the first briefing Caputo attends?

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

3. A book by what author is Caputo trying to read while waiting at the outpost on top of a hill?

4. What do they hear about right away?

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

(see the answer key)

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