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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What meal does Caputo order in Saigon that surprises the French speaking waiter?
(a) Rice with nouac-mam sauce
(b) Spaghetti and a bottle of Chianti
(c) Six hamburgers and a pitcher of beer
(d) Chateaubriand and a bottle of red wine

2. What happens with the ARVN scouts in the first offensive action?
(a) They are all captured and shot.
(b) They detach themselves and flee in panic.
(c) They take a stand between the Marines and the enemy.
(d) They are massacred by the Viet Cong.

3. In this first offensive, how do Caputo and his men see themselves?
(a) As boy scouts on a hike
(b) As unprepared for combat
(c) As knights in shining armor
(d) As frightened school kids

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

5. Does Caputo believe the deployment is for real when he is told about it?
(a) Yes, he runs to the base to start packing.
(b) No, he ignores it and goes on drinking.
(c) Yes, but he is too stunned to know what to do.
(d) No, he calls the OD to make sure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is there a great deal of physical work to be done as the monsoon season begins?

2. What does Chaplain Ryerson call twelve KIAs?

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

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

5. What do Caputo and his men discover as they pursue the wounded VC?

(see the answer key)

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