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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to a large number of the platoon down in a paddy?
(a) They get bogged down in the mud and have to fire from there.
(b) They step into a quicksand bog.
(c) A homemade Claymore is tripped and there are nine casualties.
(d) They take a wrong turn and get lost in some elephant grass.

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

3. What do Caputo and Crowe do with grenades on the way to Hill 92?
(a) Juggle them like a circus act.
(b) Use them for apaerweights to hold down a map.
(c) Place them carefully to blow up a booby trap.
(d) Throw them at a fleeing VC.

4. What is the joke Sgt. Hamilton says outside the adjutant's tent?
(a) How do I get out of this chicken shit organization?
(b) Someone should tell Charlie it is three days until the Fourth of July.
(c) Charlie finally learned how to find the fuse.
(d) I think it's time to get out of the kitchen.

5. Where does Caputo go after being shown his sleeping quarters?
(a) Back to Danang for a 2-day liberty.
(b) To the officers mess to get something to eat.
(c) To battalion HQ for a briefing.
(d) Back up the hill to retrieve his belongings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the landmark near C Company's assignment southwest of Danang?

2. What names does Caputo recall from his platoon?

3. What exhilarates Caputo after the Hoi-Vuc village wipe out?

4. How does Caputo describe the descent of a helicopter?

5. Why are Caputo and the rest of the men so exhausted?

(see the answer key)

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