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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Vietnamese children doing as the Marine trucks pass through the village called Dogpatch?
(a) Dancing on the edge of the dusty road
(b) Begging for candy and cigarettes
(c) Throwing rocks at the trucks
(d) Playing rock music on radios

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

3. Who seems to know what will happen better than the soldiers?
(a) The chaplains
(b) The prostitutes
(c) The messhall cooks
(d) The telephone operators

4. What do Caputo and his platoon have in common?
(a) They all have the same tattoos.
(b) They all think they made a big mistake by enlisting.
(c) They all have the desire to stop sitting around and get to the business of war.
(d) They are all homesick and want to go back home.

5. What do they learn about military plans in the bush?
(a) Nothing ever happens according to plan.
(b) How to avoid surprise.
(c) Their Quantico training has really paid off.
(d) Why there are always contingencies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Caputo describe the descent of a helicopter?

2. What does Caputo speculate about in regard to mines remaining in an area where the RPs are supposed to have cleared them?

3. How does Caputo's attempt to get closer to his men on leave in Danang work out?

4. What is to be the measure of victory in the battle?

5. What booby traps are observed on the trail after fording the river?

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