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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the evening, why are the peasant girls rushing down the road to their village?
(a) they are frightened by the American Marines.
(b) They cannot find their way after dark.
(c) The rule is that Vietnamese outside after curfew are considered Viet Cong.
(d) The Viet Cong regularly passes that way in the darkness.

2. Why is an artillery attack denied when a patrol advancing to the base is spotted?
(a) No one has the exact coordinates.
(b) A Marine patrol is lost out in the same area.
(c) The higher commanders do not believe the report.
(d) New artillery ammunitions has not arrived.

3. Who was the first KIA in 1st Battalion?
(a) The Battilion commander
(b) Sullivan
(c) Corpsman Levy, a man Caputo knew.
(d) Peterson, who had been transferred.

4. What lesson does Caputo learn that contradicts what he learned at Quantico?
(a) Not to light up a cigarette
(b) Not to lead a forced march
(c) Not to shout orders to his men
(d) Not to stand up and give arm signals

5. What does Caputo say accounts for many other casualties?
(a) Heavy artillery fire that came mostly at night
(b) Disorientation resulting in wandering from the camp
(c) Suicides and in-fighting
(d) Sunstroke and accidents, accidental discharges of weapons, and disease

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the refrain the sergeant teaches the men during war training?

2. What becomes of major importance to Caputo in those early days?

3. What event does Caputo recall that further dims the idea of glamor in war?

4. What occurs as Caputo walks through the elephant grass in the jungle?

5. What is Big Ivan?

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