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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it difficult to round up the platoon?
(a) It is Sunday and they are all over the island.
(b) Many of them had gone AWOL.
(c) They had gone on a night training hike.
(d) They hear the news and do not want to be found.

2. Where are most of the men when the orders come to deploy to Vietnam?
(a) Out drinking and visiting the Okinawan prostitutes
(b) On leave in Tokyo
(c) Asleep in their quarters
(d) Sitting on the beach surf fishing

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

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

5. What does Caputo do at Camp Upshur, Virginia?
(a) He goes through basic training.
(b) He attends college classes.
(c) He waits for his orders to go to basic training.
(d) He gets his physical fitness examination.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Caputo's first command?

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

3. What names does Caputo recall from his platoon?

4. What does Caputo say he learns later about the war in Vietnam?

5. What famous speech inspires Caputo to join the military?

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