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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Caputo describe the feelings of the men after the destruction of the village Giao-Tri?
(a) There is great shock at how they went mad in the destruction.
(b) The men wonder if that could ever happen in America.
(c) The men are learning to hate those who give succor to the enemy.
(d) They are believing that there are no civilians in war.

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

3. Who seems to know what will happen better than the soldiers?
(a) The chaplains
(b) The prostitutes
(c) The messhall cooks
(d) The telephone operators

4. What looks beautiful from the hill but becomes ominous up close?
(a) The Cordellia
(b) The vietnamese villages
(c) The orange smoke of artillery
(d) The muddy colored river

5. Why does Caputo choose to enlist with the Marines?
(a) It promises to fulfill all his expectations more than any other branch of the service.
(b) He thought the Marines had the best dress uniforms.
(c) He did not want to be on a ship or fly an airplane.
(d) It was the only branch of the service accepting volunteers at the time.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the stated interest of the U. S. government for war in Vietnam?

5. What are Vietnamese children doing as the Marine trucks pass through the village called Dogpatch?

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