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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 Caputo and his platoon have in common?
(a) They all have the desire to stop sitting around and get to the business of war.
(b) They all have the same tattoos.
(c) They are all homesick and want to go back home.
(d) They all think they made a big mistake by enlisting.

2. What is the refrain the sergeant teaches the men during war training?
(a) Ambush is murder and murder is fun!
(b) Remember the Alamo!
(c) This is my rifle and this is my gun!
(d) She won't do it but her sister will!

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

4. Why do they get ready to move out to the war zone several times?
(a) There is nothing better to do.
(b) There are several false alarms of going to war, but none pan out .
(c) They want to be sure they know what to do.
(d) It's a kind of war game they play.

5. At the new command, what does Caputo say the men do?
(a) They work as extras for McHale's Navy.
(b) They play in the jungle by day and drink with the prostitutes by night.
(c) They do hours of calisthenics.
(d) They carve monkey faces in coconuts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who seems to know what will happen better than the soldiers?

2. Who makes up Caputo's first command?

3. What sobering realization does Caputo come to after his service in Vietnam?

4. Where are most of the men when the orders come to deploy to Vietnam?

5. What is the stated interest of the U. S. government for war in Vietnam?

(see the answer key)

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