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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Caputo say he learns later about the war in Vietnam?
(a) That there would be days when there is no fighting.
(b) That nine-tenths of the time is waiting for the other one-tenth to happen.
(c) That the Viet Cong ha plants in his platoon.
(d) That there is never enough time to relax.

2. How does the paperwork in the adjutant's office appear to Caputo?
(a) It seems to need a new filing system.
(b) It seems to be written in a foreign language.
(c) It seems to be a simple task.
(d) It seems to be a truckload.

3. What change does Caputo notice in his men back at their position on the hill?
(a) They have all truned gray haired.
(b) They are withdrawn and wild-eyed.
(c) They have become even closer.
(d) They have grown apart and do not look at each other.

4. What does Caputo almost trip over going through the high grass?
(a) A trip wire connected to a mine
(b) The radio operator
(c) A dead water buffalo
(d) A VC corpse

5. Why is it difficult to round up the platoon?
(a) They had gone on a night training hike.
(b) It is Sunday and they are all over the island.
(c) Many of them had gone AWOL.
(d) They hear the news and do not want to be found.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Caputo's attempt to get closer to his men on leave in Danang work out?

2. What do they learn about military plans in the bush?

3. What does Caputo say about the significance of a single death in war?

4. How does Caputo describe his feeling after learning about the death and casualties?

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

(see the answer key)

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