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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 nine-tenths of the time is waiting for the other one-tenth to happen.
(b) That there would be days when there is no fighting.
(c) That the Viet Cong ha plants in his platoon.
(d) That there is never enough time to relax.

2. What causes the men to name one officer Captain Bligh?
(a) He orders the men to drop and do pushups for him.
(b) He pulls a rifle inspection on the line and reams out the whole platoon.
(c) He shouts at them for having dirty uniforms.
(d) He punches out a PFC for talking back to him.

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

4. What place do they pass through on the fourth day?
(a) They pass through the LZ which has been destroyed
(b) Giao-Tri, the village they had destroyed
(c) The small camp where they found the documents
(d) They have to recross the muddy river

5. What do they hear about right away?
(a) They hear of a possible surrender of the Viet Cong.
(b) They hear that they will go to the front lines.
(c) They hear that Saigon has fallen.
(d) They hear of death and paralysis for some soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What meal does Caputo order in Saigon that surprises the French speaking waiter?

2. Who issues ID cards to the Vietnamese?

3. What looks beautiful from the hill but becomes ominous up close?

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

5. Why throw a grenade instead of firing a rifle in the dark?

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