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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What booby traps are observed on the trail after fording the river?
(a) Poison stakes placed so that they are unseen until they scratch the skin
(b) Trip wires and mines
(c) Trenches, spider holes for snipers, pangee traps, and rows of sharp, angled stakes
(d) Vines rigged to pull a man into the air

2. How does Caputo see future life in the military?
(a) As an occasion for excitement and danger
(b) As good training for surviving natural disasters
(c) As an easy way to make money
(d) As financial security for the rest of his life

3. What mistake does 2d Lt. Caputo make on a training exercise that gets him a reprimand?
(a) He orders a retreat.
(b) He lights up a cigarette.
(c) He takes a nap while waiting for orders.
(d) He changes a captain's orders.

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

5. In this first offensive, how do Caputo and his men see themselves?
(a) As knights in shining armor
(b) As boy scouts on a hike
(c) As frightened school kids
(d) As unprepared for combat

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens with the ARVN scouts in the first offensive action?

2. What becomes of major importance to Caputo in those early days?

3. What does Caputo say about the VC guerrillas being everywhere?

4. When the wounded VC's trail leads around a bend in the river, what choices does Caputo have?

5. Why throw a grenade instead of firing a rifle in the dark?

(see the answer key)

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