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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Denial of any further liberty
(d) Dysentary for three days

3. What does Caputo speculate about in regard to mines remaining in an area where the RPs are supposed to have cleared them?
(a) There are just too many to find all of them.
(b) Either they are lazy or Viet Cong who had inflitrated them, leave the mines in place.
(c) The RFs lack the necessary equipment to do the job right.
(d) The RFs often clear the wrong field because of communication problems.

4. At what age does Philip Caputo enlist in the Marine Corps?
(a) 21
(b) 18
(c) 20
(d) 19

5. How does Caputo's attempt to get closer to his men on leave in Danang work out?
(a) They end up in a brawl until the MPs arrive.
(b) The conversation is muddled and Caputo gives up.
(c) They become closer and Caputo listens to their advice.
(d) The enlisted men do not trust Caputo, the officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens with the ARVN scouts in the first offensive action?

2. What does Caputo almost trip over going through the high grass?

3. After Caputo's dream, what vision does he have in the daylight?

4. What does he imagine being in the military will be like?

5. What does GSW stand for?

(see the answer key)

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