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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Muddy rice paddies
(d) Constant sniper fire

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

3. Where is Caputo's first command?
(a) Okinawa, Japan
(b) The Philippines
(c) Seoul, Korea
(d) Danang, Vietnam

4. What is everyone told about the war in the first briefing Caputo attends?
(a) That the war had already effectively divided the country in half.
(b) That Americans would not be supplied with live ammunition.
(c) That the Americans would never launch a full scale offensive.
(d) That it is defensive only to free the ARVN to fight their war.

5. What does Caputo speculate about in regard to mines remaining in an area where the RPs are supposed to have cleared them?
(a) The RFs often clear the wrong field because of communication problems.
(b) There are just too many to find all of them.
(c) The RFs lack the necessary equipment to do the job right.
(d) Either they are lazy or Viet Cong who had inflitrated them, leave the mines in place.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do they get from Okinawa to Vietnam?

2. What do they experience on their first night?

3. What is the first offensive mission?

4. How does Caputo see future life in the military?

5. Why does Caputo choose to enlist with the Marines?

(see the answer key)

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