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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Downs and his platoon return to which camp?
(a) Riverside command station.
(b) Base Camp Montezuma.
(c) Cho-Hui firebase.
(d) Firebase Pleiku.

2. How is Downs spared from being caught and killed?
(a) Downs jumps out of the way.
(b) The trap fails.
(c) An aide pulls Downs away.
(d) An officer shoots the trap operator.

3. How long was Downs in rehabilitation before going on with his civilian life?
(a) 10 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 6 months.

4. How is the attacking NVA officer killed?
(a) Stabbed.
(b) Strangled.
(c) Shot.
(d) Snared.

5. Which word means to avoid duty by feigning illness or injury?
(a) Sidling.
(b) Loafing.
(c) Infiltrating.
(d) Malingering.

Short Answer Questions

1. The patrol is sent out not to fight but to locate:

2. What does Downs do to pass the time?

3. What is the name of the acting commander at the camp?

4. On what date does the platoon return to the bridge?

5. The men fire upon a dark figure that turns out to be an old woman. Where is the woman shot?

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