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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What famous speech inspires Caputo to join the military?
(a) FDR's "Nothing to Fear" speech.
(b) Kennedy's inaugral "Ask what you can do for your country" speech.
(c) King's "I have a dream" speech.
(d) Marc Anthony's "I came not to praise Caesar" speech

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

4. How does Caputo describe his platoon?
(a) They are a group of strangers and misfits.
(b) They are all uneducated and street fighters.
(c) As a highly polished fighting machine that needed no training.
(d) As men who enlist, train and travel together from the beginning.

5. Who seems to know what will happen better than the soldiers?
(a) The prostitutes
(b) The telephone operators
(c) The messhall cooks
(d) The chaplains

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do they get ready to move out to the war zone several times?

2. At what age does Philip Caputo enlist in the Marine Corps?

3. What reality soon sets in for Caputo?

4. What is everyone told about the war in the first briefing Caputo attends?

5. What do they experience on their first night?

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