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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) Constant sniper fire
(b) Muddy rice paddies
(c) Farmers armed with pitchforks
(d) The land, the sun, and the jungle

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

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. What names does Caputo recall from his platoon?
(a) Men who either died or were severely wounded in combat
(b) Men with whom he played poker and drank beer
(c) Men who always followed his orders to the letter
(d) Men who caused him the most grief

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do they spend their first day at Danang?

3. What is the first offensive mission?

4. What booby traps are observed on the trail after fording the river?

5. What does Caputo call the training for war?

(see the answer key)

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