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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What begins happening at night at the Danang base?
(a) The Chaplain begins holding midnight masses.
(b) Marines are shown movies in the mess tent.
(c) The monsoon rains stop at night.
(d) VC begins a series of night sniper attacks on the base.

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

3. What happens with the ARVN scouts in the first offensive action?
(a) They are all captured and shot.
(b) They are massacred by the Viet Cong.
(c) They take a stand between the Marines and the enemy.
(d) They detach themselves and flee in panic.

4. When does Caputo say is the only bearable time of day in Vietnam?
(a) Midnight
(b) Mid-morning
(c) Early morning
(d) Sunset

5. What looks beautiful from the hill but becomes ominous up close?
(a) The vietnamese villages
(b) The Cordellia
(c) The orange smoke of artillery
(d) The muddy colored river

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Caputo's impression of the adjutant?

3. How does Caputo explain Peterson's walking away and not looking at Sullivan after he is shot?

4. How does Caputo describe his platoon?

5. How much of the base does Caputo say has escaped the damage?

(see the answer key)

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