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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Caputo do at Camp Upshur, Virginia?
(a) He goes through basic training.
(b) He waits for his orders to go to basic training.
(c) He gets his physical fitness examination.
(d) He attends college classes.

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

3. What becomes of Vietnamese wounded in battle or victims of landmines?
(a) They take desk jobs in their headquarters.
(b) They are left to beg on the streets.
(c) They are usually shot.
(d) They are put up in retirement homes.

4. Where is Caputo's first command?
(a) Okinawa, Japan
(b) Seoul, Korea
(c) Danang, Vietnam
(d) The Philippines

5. What does Lemmon tell Caputo that Sullivan is doing when he gets shot?
(a) Patrolling the area
(b) Operating the radio
(c) Cleaning his rifle
(d) Filling canteens at the river

Short Answer Questions

1. What is everyone told about the war in the first briefing Caputo attends?

2. What do they hear about right away?

3. Where does Caputo go after being shown his sleeping quarters?

4. What occurs as Caputo walks through the elephant grass in the jungle?

5. Where does Caputo go for advanced training?

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