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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 aim of Caputo's first entry into combat?
(a) Set up an outpost.
(b) Find a battalion and destroy it.
(c) Scare the Viet Cong into retreat.
(d) Look for snipers and take them out.

2. What is the change that takes place at Hill 327?
(a) The junior officers are all given new commands.
(b) The food improves with better suply lines.
(c) More work is done during the night than in the day.
(d) The plan changes from defensive to offensive.

3. Who makes up Caputo's first command?
(a) Men he went to basic training with
(b) New recruits from Alabama
(c) A group of forty Marines in the Third Marines Division
(d) Older, war experienced non-coms

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

5. What position does Battalion Headquarters take on identifying a Viet Cong?
(a) If he attempts to hide, he is a Viet Cong.
(b) If he is dead and Vietnamese, he is a Viet Cong.
(c) If the acts suspiciously, he is a Viet Cong.
(d) If he has a Russian made gun, he is a Viet Cong.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does he imagine being in the military will be like?

2. When does Caputo say is the only bearable time of day in Vietnam?

3. What does Caputo call the training for war?

4. Does Caputo believe the deployment is for real when he is told about it?

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

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