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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why throw a grenade instead of firing a rifle in the dark?
(a) Rifle fire is a waste of ammunition.
(b) Grenades make more noise.
(c) The grenade will cover more territory.
(d) The rifle fire could give away the soldier's position.

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

3. How do they spend their first day at Danang?
(a) Reading field manuals
(b) Getting a tour of the area
(c) Packing and piling sandbags and digging foxholes and ditches
(d) Looking for a place to put their tents

4. What is the first offensive mission?
(a) Hide and ambush
(b) Search and destroy
(c) Advance and wait
(d) Hit and run

5. What famous speech inspires Caputo to join the military?
(a) Kennedy's inaugral "Ask what you can do for your country" speech.
(b) Marc Anthony's "I came not to praise Caesar" speech
(c) FDR's "Nothing to Fear" speech.
(d) King's "I have a dream" speech.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Caputo go for advanced training?

2. What does Caputo observe about the young mother as they are searching her house?

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

4. How does Gonzales become the first casualty of Caputo's platoon?

5. What happens right under their noses as they settle into Danang?

(see the answer key)

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