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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens during Caputo's first night as assistant adjutant?
(a) The base HQ comes under fire.
(b) The mosquitoes swarm outside his tent.
(c) He has dreams of Sullivan and the dead VC.
(d) The big guns fire all night and he cannot sleep.

2. What place do they pass through on the fourth day?
(a) The small camp where they found the documents
(b) Giao-Tri, the village they had destroyed
(c) They have to recross the muddy river
(d) They pass through the LZ which has been destroyed

3. One night under attack, how does Sergeant Mora show up in a foxhole?
(a) Wearing only his shirt
(b) Wearing a kimono he got in Japan
(c) Wearing a sheet
(d) Wearing nothing but his gun belt

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

5. What is to be the measure of victory in the battle?
(a) The number of enemy corpses
(b) The time it takes to finish clearing the area
(c) The cooperation of the ARVN
(d) The cessation of sniper fire

Short Answer Questions

1. After Caputo's dream, what vision does he have in the daylight?

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

3. What are SLJOs?

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

5. What does Lemmon tell Caputo that Sullivan is doing when he gets shot?

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