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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Marine frontal assault look to Caputo?
(a) Like a snake with two heads
(b) Nothing like the practice attacks at Quantico
(c) Like a perfect military maneuver
(d) Like Hannibal crossing the Alps.

2. What is the meaning of Sympathetic Detonation?
(a) Silent explosions.
(b) Military speak for an explosion caused by a US military error.
(c) Explosives that fail to detonate.
(d) Mine fields that harm only the enemy.

3. What is the warning as Caputo and his men head for Charlie Ridge?
(a) Watch out for crocodiles.
(b) Watch out for those booby traps.
(c) Watch out for quicksand.
(d) Watch out for sink holes.

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

5. When does Caputo say is the only bearable time of day in Vietnam?
(a) Mid-morning
(b) Sunset
(c) Midnight
(d) Early morning

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Caputo and the rest of the men so exhausted?

2. What does Caputo say about the VC guerrillas being everywhere?

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

4. What does the village of Hua-Vuc conjure up in the minds of the Marines?

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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