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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What evidence do they find to show it is a VC attack?
(a) They discover prints in the mud made by men without shoes.
(b) They find the spent cartridges from the snipers' rifles.
(c) They bring in two bodies in the morning wearing Vietnamese regulation uniforms.
(d) They find a warning letter pinned to a palm tree.

2. During the summer, how is life for the Vietnamese peasants?
(a) It is filled with apprehension about the VC.
(b) It is life as usual, working in the rice paddies.
(c) It is dead with no one working in the paddies.
(d) It is busy transplanting people to another area of the country.

3. Who seems to know what will happen better than the soldiers?
(a) The telephone operators
(b) The messhall cooks
(c) The chaplains
(d) The prostitutes

4. What is the concern when they follow another VC blood trail?
(a) That he could be hidden waiting to take some of them with him.
(b) That it will actually be one of their own men.
(c) That they would not find him alive to take as a prisoner.
(d) That his wounds are not serious and he would get away.

5. What becomes of major importance to Caputo in those early days?
(a) Getting a Washington desk job
(b) Getting enough sleep
(c) Drinking and partying
(d) Getting the approval of his superiors

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Caputo relieved that the dead boy had no identification on him?

2. What job takes up most of Caputo's time as assistant adjutant?

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

4. What is Big Ivan?

5. One night under attack, how does Sergeant Mora show up in a foxhole?

(see the answer key)

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