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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do they get from Okinawa to Vietnam?
(a) They go on an aircraft carrier.
(b) They go on PT boats up the China Sea.
(c) They ship out on giant C-130 planes.
(d) They go in a PanAm chartered plane.

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) That war is the only answer to the problems of the world.
(c) He is too young when he enlists to realize how boring the military really is.
(d) He wants so badly to be a man in the middle of danger, that he did not realize he iss toying with death.

3. Why is it difficult to round up the platoon?
(a) Many of them had gone AWOL.
(b) They had gone on a night training hike.
(c) It is Sunday and they are all over the island.
(d) They hear the news and do not want to be found.

4. What is Caputo's impression of the adjutant?
(a) A trim Marine ready for combat
(b) Overweight belly hanging over his belt and a large head
(c) Tall and gangly with big hands and feet
(d) Old and about ready for retirement

5. What is the effect of burning magnesium?
(a) The smell of rotten eggs
(b) A column of white flame
(c) Incredible heat
(d) Like the lights on a football field at night

Short Answer Questions

1. During the summer, how is life for the Vietnamese peasants?

2. What does Caputo say accounts for many other casualties?

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

4. Who seems to know what will happen better than the soldiers?

5. Who was the first KIA in 1st Battalion?

(see the answer key)

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