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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What casualties are suffered during the next two days?
(a) Two Marines are slightly wounded and others fall to the sun.
(b) One more Marine is killed and several have a fever.
(c) No one is hit by enemy fire but six men have heatstroke.
(d) Two Marines are slightly wounded and a third is critical.

2. What does the village of Hua-Vuc conjure up in the minds of the Marines?
(a) It becomes synonymous with the war.
(b) It is situated like the training villages of Quantico.
(c) It reminds them of Okinawa.
(d) It becomes symbolic of weariness.

3. Why does Caputo choose to enlist with the Marines?
(a) He did not want to be on a ship or fly an airplane.
(b) It was the only branch of the service accepting volunteers at the time.
(c) He thought the Marines had the best dress uniforms.
(d) It promises to fulfill all his expectations more than any other branch of the service.

4. What are the new Marines of 1st Battalion like when they first arrive?
(a) They are young and gung-ho about winning the war.
(b) They are scared and unwilling.
(c) They are seasoned old timers.
(d) They are opposed to war.

5. What is the majority opinion about the countermanded orders to ship out?
(a) That it is a preparedness test for the real thing.
(b) That is because of political infighting.
(c) That some general has a loose screw.
(d) That the war in Vietnam is over before they can get there.

Short Answer Questions

1. In reality, how much time per day does the adjutant work require?

2. In the evening, why are the peasant girls rushing down the road to their village?

3. Who has noticed the relaxed camp arrangements and tries to correct them?

4. Why is it difficult to round up the platoon?

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

(see the answer key)

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