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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who seems to know what will happen better than the soldiers?
(a) The chaplains
(b) The messhall cooks
(c) The prostitutes
(d) The telephone operators

3. How does Caputo describe the Viet Cong division he first becomes aware of by looking at a site map, a map showing positions of allies and enemy in the field.
(a) It is situated in places unseen in the daylight.
(b) Instead of an insurgency, it is an attack force.
(c) Instead of a phantom sniper, it is a whole division of phantoms.
(d) It is poorly organized but almost invisible.

4. What is the real resistance walking from the L to the Vietnamese village?
(a) Constant sniper fire
(b) The land, the sun, and the jungle
(c) Farmers armed with pitchforks
(d) Muddy rice paddies

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gonzales become the first casualty of Caputo's platoon?

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

3. What position does Battalion Headquarters take on identifying a Viet Cong?

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

5. What does Caputo say he learns later about the war in Vietnam?

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