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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do they get ready to move out to the war zone several times?
(a) There are several false alarms of going to war, but none pan out .
(b) They want to be sure they know what to do.
(c) It's a kind of war game they play.
(d) There is nothing better to do.

2. What does Lieutenant Tester want to know about Caputo's trip to Japan?
(a) The new arrivals
(b) The bars
(c) The weather
(d) The girls

3. What does Caputo say he learns later about the war in Vietnam?
(a) That the Viet Cong ha plants in his platoon.
(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 there would be days when there is no fighting.

4. What happens about two hundred yards away from the village?
(a) The invisible enemy opens automatic sniper fire on them.
(b) They get lost and go around in a circle.
(c) An attack helicopter goes ahead of them to strafe the area.
(d) The Hill 267 howitzers shell near the place where they are.

5. What event does Caputo recall that further dims the idea of glamor in war?
(a) An outbreak of malaria
(b) A visit to the field hospital
(c) Watching one of his men shot and killed by a sniper
(d) The crash of a Marine helicopter

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Marine frontal assault look to Caputo?

2. When the wounded VC's trail leads around a bend in the river, what choices does Caputo have?

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

4. What lesson does Caputo learn that contradicts what he learned at Quantico?

5. What is the result for half of the men after they return from Cinderella Liberty?

(see the answer key)

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