A Rumor of War Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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A Rumor of War Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do they spend their first day at Danang?
(a) Reading field manuals
(b) Getting a tour of the area
(c) Packing and piling sandbags and digging foxholes and ditches
(d) Looking for a place to put their tents

2. How does Caputo explain Peterson's walking away and not looking at Sullivan after he is shot?
(a) He never could stand the sight of blood.
(b) He thinks Marines have to be too tough.
(c) That is the way he is; he really loves this company.
(d) He has no patience for stupidity.

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

4. What does Caputo speculate about in regard to mines remaining in an area where the RPs are supposed to have cleared them?
(a) The RFs lack the necessary equipment to do the job right.
(b) Either they are lazy or Viet Cong who had inflitrated them, leave the mines in place.
(c) The RFs often clear the wrong field because of communication problems.
(d) There are just too many to find all of them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the warning as Caputo and his men head for Charlie Ridge?

2. What is the landmark near C Company's assignment southwest of Danang?

3. How does the Marine frontal assault look to Caputo?

4. Who are the only adults who pay attention to the Marines as they pass through Dogpatch?

5. Why are the Medivac helicopters unable to land to pick up casualties?

(see the answer key)

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