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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two problems Caputo says are the worst while they guard the landing field?
(a) The long days and short nights
(b) The heat and boredom
(c) The mosquitos and the pythons
(d) The rain and bad food

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

3. What is the aim of Caputo's first entry into combat?
(a) Set up an outpost.
(b) Look for snipers and take them out.
(c) Find a battalion and destroy it.
(d) Scare the Viet Cong into retreat.

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

5. Why is Caputo relieved that the dead boy had no identification on him?
(a) He doesn't want to have to explain to the boy's family.
(b) He does not want to think of him as a person but as a dead enemy.
(c) He doesn't want to know a name he can not pronounce.
(d) He won't have to fill out a lot of paperwork.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the new command, what does Caputo say the men do?

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

3. Who seems to know what will happen better than the soldiers?

4. How is pursuit defined in the jungle of Vietnam?

5. Why does boredom get replaced with terror on the outpost hill?

(see the answer key)

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