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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who makes up Caputo's first command?
(a) Older, war experienced non-coms
(b) New recruits from Alabama
(c) A group of forty Marines in the Third Marines Division
(d) Men he went to basic training with

2. Who is Elmer Fudd at division HQ?
(a) The chief cook at the officers' mess.
(b) The bald headed Lt. Colonel Executive Officer for Colonel Wheeler.
(c) A pet monkey captured in the jungle.
(d) The cartoon mascot of the division HQ.

3. Why is it difficult to round up the platoon?
(a) It is Sunday and they are all over the island.
(b) They had gone on a night training hike.
(c) Many of them had gone AWOL.
(d) They hear the news and do not want to be found.

4. What do the bar girls insist on before they will leave with a Marine?
(a) He must buy them one drink.
(b) He must go shower.
(c) He must get tested by a vietnamese doctor.
(d) He must pay them up front for their services.

5. What are WIAs and KIAs?
(a) Types of weapons used at short range
(b) Wounded in Action and Killed in Action
(c) War Insurgent Actions and Korean Involvement Accounting
(d) Korean made cars used in Vietnam

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men are on a helicopter team?

2. What does a cynic say about the Navy Crosses Corporal Gautier has won?

3. Lieutenant Reason goes out leading a platoon. How does he return?

4. What is the landmark near C Company's assignment southwest of Danang?

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

(see the answer key)

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