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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Caputo and his platoon have in common?
(a) They all have the same tattoos.
(b) They are all homesick and want to go back home.
(c) They all think they made a big mistake by enlisting.
(d) They all have the desire to stop sitting around and get to the business of war.

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

4. How do they get from Okinawa to Vietnam?
(a) They go on an aircraft carrier.
(b) They go in a PanAm chartered plane.
(c) They go on PT boats up the China Sea.
(d) They ship out on giant C-130 planes.

5. At the new command, what does Caputo say the men do?
(a) They do hours of calisthenics.
(b) They play in the jungle by day and drink with the prostitutes by night.
(c) They work as extras for McHale's Navy.
(d) They carve monkey faces in coconuts.

Short Answer Questions

1. A book by what author is Caputo trying to read while waiting at the outpost on top of a hill?

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

3. Why is it difficult to round up the platoon?

4. What does Caputo say is the second stage of soldiers in battle?

5. What mistake does 2d Lt. Caputo make on a training exercise that gets him a reprimand?

(see the answer key)

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