View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Caputo describe the descent of a helicopter?
(a) Like a roller coaster or a canoe rushing down the rapids
(b) Like standing in a high wind
(c) Like a falling brick
(d) Like a run down a ski slope

2. What sobering realization does Caputo come to after his service in Vietnam?
(a) That serving your country is a greater responsibility than anyone understands.
(b) He wants so badly to be a man in the middle of danger, that he did not realize he iss toying with death.
(c) He is too young when he enlists to realize how boring the military really is.
(d) That war is the only answer to the problems of the world.

3. What game are Campbell and Greene playing in the NCO's tent when Caputo enters?
(a) Canasta
(b) Cribbage
(c) Gin Rummy
(d) Poker

4. What happens during Caputo's first night as assistant adjutant?
(a) The big guns fire all night and he cannot sleep.
(b) The base HQ comes under fire.
(c) He has dreams of Sullivan and the dead VC.
(d) The mosquitoes swarm outside his tent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Big Ivan?

2. What are some of the things Caputo learns in Marine training?

3. What does GSW stand for?

4. What does Lieutenant Tester want to know about Caputo's trip to Japan?

5. Why is an artillery attack denied when a patrol advancing to the base is spotted?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 397 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample