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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do they learn about military plans in the bush?
(a) Their Quantico training has really paid off.
(b) How to avoid surprise.
(c) Why there are always contingencies.
(d) Nothing ever happens according to plan.

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

3. For what operation is C Company ordered to prepare?
(a) Operation Victor charlie
(b) Operation Hardest Mein
(c) Operation Harvest Moon
(d) Operation Blue Angel

4. What is the majority opinion about the countermanded orders to ship out?
(a) That the war in Vietnam is over before they can get there.
(b) That is because of political infighting.
(c) That it is a preparedness test for the real thing.
(d) That some general has a loose screw.

5. By the time Caputo transfers back to a line company in 1st Battalion, what are his convictions about the war?
(a) He has the same attitude he had when he arrived.
(b) He is more dedicated than ever.
(c) They have deteriorated to almost nothing.
(d) He almost never thinks about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do they have to grenade the VC trap twice?

2. What becomes of major importance to Caputo in those early days?

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

4. What is the prognosis for Powell's recovery after his heatstroke?

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

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