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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does he imagine being in the military will be like?
(a) He thinks it will be frightening but he needs the money.
(b) He imagines it will be like taking a vacation.
(c) He enters the war with romantic notions of being a hero.
(d) He thinks it will be dull and routine.

2. What are some of the things Caputo learns in Marine training?
(a) Physical exercize, recommended reading, and filing of paperwork.
(b) Military protocol, military dress, military jargon, and Marine Corps traditions.
(c) Use of new technology, making homemade weapons, and disarming women combatants.
(d) Survival skills, Marine history, rules and regulations, weaponry, and how to kill.

3. Why does Caputo choose to enlist with the Marines?
(a) It was the only branch of the service accepting volunteers at the time.
(b) He did not want to be on a ship or fly an airplane.
(c) He thought the Marines had the best dress uniforms.
(d) It promises to fulfill all his expectations more than any other branch of the service.

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

5. What looks beautiful from the hill but becomes ominous up close?
(a) The vietnamese villages
(b) The orange smoke of artillery
(c) The muddy colored river
(d) The Cordellia

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the feeling of the brigade as the offensive begins?

2. What mistake does 2d Lt. Caputo make on a training exercise that gets him a reprimand?

3. Who makes up Caputo's first command?

4. Where does Caputo go for advanced training?

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

(see the answer key)

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