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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Caputo notice the VC has cut the chain link fence to infiltrate the airfield?
(a) On the back side near the planes.
(b) Near the mess hall which was vacant at night.
(c) At the place his platoon had guarded when they first came to Danang airfield.
(d) Right behind the colonel's office tent.

2. How does the adjutant's quarters look as Caputo returns to Vietnam?
(a) A prefab building with airconditioning
(b) A water-soaked tent with makeshift furniture
(c) A revamped box car
(d) A dugout with sandbag walls and a bamboo roof

3. Why does Caputo have to count VC bodies sent in for burial?
(a) To make sure they are actually dead.
(b) To make sure none of them are Americans.
(c) Company commanders tend to exaggerate body counts.
(d) There is no time to count them in the field.

4. What are the new Marines of 1st Battalion like when they first arrive?
(a) They are opposed to war.
(b) They are seasoned old timers.
(c) They are young and gung-ho about winning the war.
(d) They are scared and unwilling.

5. What casualties are suffered during the next two days?
(a) No one is hit by enemy fire but six men have heatstroke.
(b) Two Marines are slightly wounded and others fall to the sun.
(c) One more Marine is killed and several have a fever.
(d) Two Marines are slightly wounded and a third is critical.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happens with the ARVN scouts in the first offensive action?

4. From where does the attrition in 1st Battalion come?

5. Who issues ID cards to the Vietnamese?

(see the answer key)

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