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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 Chaplain Ryerson call twelve KIAs?
(a) Twleve lost souls
(b) A dozen letters he has to write
(c) A dozen more prayers
(d) Twelve grieving families in America

2. One night under attack, how does Sergeant Mora show up in a foxhole?
(a) Wearing a sheet
(b) Wearing only his shirt
(c) Wearing a kimono he got in Japan
(d) Wearing nothing but his gun belt

3. Who issues ID cards to the Vietnamese?
(a) The US Embassy in Saigon
(b) Official ones by the Vietnamese government and forged ones by the VC.
(c) The provencial governments in the country
(d) The head man of each Vietnamese village

4. Why is an artillery attack denied when a patrol advancing to the base is spotted?
(a) The higher commanders do not believe the report.
(b) New artillery ammunitions has not arrived.
(c) A Marine patrol is lost out in the same area.
(d) No one has the exact coordinates.

5. What mistake does 2d Lt. Caputo make on a training exercise that gets him a reprimand?
(a) He orders a retreat.
(b) He takes a nap while waiting for orders.
(c) He changes a captain's orders.
(d) He lights up a cigarette.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has noticed the relaxed camp arrangements and tries to correct them?

2. What is the first offensive mission?

3. What causes the men to name one officer Captain Bligh?

4. What happens for about twenty-five of the men?

5. How do they get from Okinawa to Vietnam?

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