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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. A book by what author is Caputo trying to read while waiting at the outpost on top of a hill?
(a) Henry Miller
(b) Kipling
(c) Hemmingway
(d) James Joyce

3. How does the Marine frontal assault look to Caputo?
(a) Like Hannibal crossing the Alps.
(b) Like a snake with two heads
(c) Nothing like the practice attacks at Quantico
(d) Like a perfect military maneuver

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

5. Why does boredom get replaced with terror on the outpost hill?
(a) A VC almost infiltrates the outpost.
(b) Enemy fighters fly overhead.
(c) The fighting begins to move up the hill.
(d) Rock apes descend on the outpost.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the refrain the sergeant teaches the men during war training?

2. Who are the only adults who pay attention to the Marines as they pass through Dogpatch?

3. What reality soon sets in for Caputo?

4. What famous speech inspires Caputo to join the military?

5. What is Big Ivan?

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