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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Caputo relieved that the dead boy had no identification on him?
(a) He does not want to think of him as a person but as a dead enemy.
(b) He won't have to fill out a lot of paperwork.
(c) He doesn't want to have to explain to the boy's family.
(d) He doesn't want to know a name he can not pronounce.

3. What is the landmark near C Company's assignment southwest of Danang?
(a) Alpha Range
(b) Phanom Phen
(c) Elephant butte
(d) Charlie Ridge

4. What is the first offensive mission?
(a) Advance and wait
(b) Hit and run
(c) Hide and ambush
(d) Search and destroy

5. What looks beautiful from the hill but becomes ominous up close?
(a) The vietnamese villages
(b) The muddy colored river
(c) The orange smoke of artillery
(d) The Cordellia

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Peterson call for an air strike on Hill 107?

2. What is Caputo's impression of the adjutant?

3. At night on the line, what does everything look like?

4. When does Caputo say is the only bearable time of day in Vietnam?

5. What happens to Caputo as he is crawling on his stomach to get back to his men?

(see the answer key)

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