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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What meal does Caputo order in Saigon that surprises the French speaking waiter?
(a) Chateaubriand and a bottle of red wine
(b) Rice with nouac-mam sauce
(c) Spaghetti and a bottle of Chianti
(d) Six hamburgers and a pitcher of beer

2. Why are Caputo and the rest of the men so exhausted?
(a) They are tired from over two hundred patrols in a month and the nights on the line.
(b) They are tired from carrying wounded Marines until the medevac can come.
(c) They are tired from playing cards all night long.
(d) They are tired because their boots and uniforms are soaked and heavy.

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

4. When the wounded VC's trail leads around a bend in the river, what choices does Caputo have?
(a) Go around the bend himself or send a volunteer.
(b) Call for air cover or send a RP scout in to take a look.
(c) Assume the VC is dead or wait and watch for some movement.
(d) Go after him and risk an ambush or turn around and go back.

5. What is Colonel Nickerson's interest during this time?
(a) Regulating the drinking hours
(b) Speeding up the defense preparations
(c) Getting a new command
(d) Building a horseshoe pit

Short Answer Questions

1. How do they get from Okinawa to Vietnam?

2. What are the Marines doing in the truck beds?

3. What is the joke Sgt. Hamilton says outside the adjutant's tent?

4. Where does Caputo go after being shown his sleeping quarters?

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

(see the answer key)

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