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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is everyone told about the war in the first briefing Caputo attends?
(a) That Americans would not be supplied with live ammunition.
(b) That the Americans would never launch a full scale offensive.
(c) That it is defensive only to free the ARVN to fight their war.
(d) That the war had already effectively divided the country in half.

2. What does the village of Hua-Vuc conjure up in the minds of the Marines?
(a) It becomes synonymous with the war.
(b) It becomes symbolic of weariness.
(c) It reminds them of Okinawa.
(d) It is situated like the training villages of Quantico.

3. What does Caputo call the training for war?
(a) The calm before the storm
(b) The last torture
(c) A subtle kind of mind control
(d) A little bit of hell

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

5. Why does Peterson call for an air strike on Hill 107?
(a) He intercepts a viet Cong communication.
(b) He has spotted Viet cong movement on the hill.
(c) He does not want combat going up a hill.
(d) He suspects an ambush.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many men are on a helicopter team?

3. What do they learn about military plans in the bush?

4. What do they experience on their first night?

5. What does Caputo almost trip over going through the high grass?

(see the answer key)

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