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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Caputo say about the VC guerrillas being everywhere?
(a) The Americans are always outnumbered.
(b) They have to suppose that any Vietnamese is a VC.
(c) It is another way of saying nowhere.
(d) The VC know all the secrets of the jungles and tall grasses.

3. What is the landmark near C Company's assignment southwest of Danang?
(a) Alpha Range
(b) Phanom Phen
(c) Charlie Ridge
(d) Elephant butte

4. What does Caputo say he learns later about the war in Vietnam?
(a) That there would be days when there is no fighting.
(b) That nine-tenths of the time is waiting for the other one-tenth to happen.
(c) That there is never enough time to relax.
(d) That the Viet Cong ha plants in his platoon.

5. What does Caputo speculate about in regard to mines remaining in an area where the RPs are supposed to have cleared them?
(a) There are just too many to find all of them.
(b) Either they are lazy or Viet Cong who had inflitrated them, leave the mines in place.
(c) The RFs often clear the wrong field because of communication problems.
(d) The RFs lack the necessary equipment to do the job right.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the concern when they follow another VC blood trail?

3. How long do Caputo and his platoon continue guarding the parameters at Danang?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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