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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Caputo describe his feeling after learning about the death and casualties?
(a) It is the first time he feelst the slimy, hollow-cold fear of death.
(b) It is the sadness of seeing his friends changed.
(c) It is the detachment of unreality.
(d) It is the remorse of not having been with his men.

2. What is to be the measure of victory in the battle?
(a) The time it takes to finish clearing the area
(b) The cooperation of the ARVN
(c) The cessation of sniper fire
(d) The number of enemy corpses

3. What is the result for half of the men after they return from Cinderella Liberty?
(a) Monster hangovers and Venereal Disease
(b) Bad cases of alcohol poisoning from cheap whiskey
(c) Dysentary for three days
(d) Denial of any further liberty

4. What does Caputo observe about the young mother as they are searching her house?
(a) How she appreciates his putting everything back in place.
(b) How frightened she looks.
(c) How she covers her face with a scarf.
(d) How she looks on with complete passivity and without without expression.

5. How do they spend their first day at Danang?
(a) Looking for a place to put their tents
(b) Packing and piling sandbags and digging foxholes and ditches
(c) Reading field manuals
(d) Getting a tour of the area

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the Medivac helicopters unable to land to pick up casualties?

2. What change does Caputo notice in his men back at their position on the hill?

3. What is the concern when they follow another VC blood trail?

4. How many men are on a helicopter team?

5. How does Caputo describe the Viet Cong division he first becomes aware of by looking at a site map, a map showing positions of allies and enemy in the field.

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