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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men are on a helicopter team?
(a) Eight
(b) Six
(c) Ten
(d) Four

2. What irony does Caputo see in the guerrilla warfare manual he had studied in the States?
(a) The idea that the jungle is only trees.
(b) The statement that one should not be afraid of the jungle.
(c) The remark that the jungle is only in Africa.
(d) The suggestion that the enemy could not advance in the jungle.

3. During the summer, how is life for the Vietnamese peasants?
(a) It is dead with no one working in the paddies.
(b) It is filled with apprehension about the VC.
(c) It is life as usual, working in the rice paddies.
(d) It is busy transplanting people to another area of the country.

4. What is the result for half of the men after they return from Cinderella Liberty?
(a) Denial of any further liberty
(b) Dysentary for three days
(c) Monster hangovers and Venereal Disease
(d) Bad cases of alcohol poisoning from cheap whiskey

5. What is the first offensive mission?
(a) Search and destroy
(b) Hit and run
(c) Advance and wait
(d) Hide and ambush

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Peterson call for an air strike on Hill 107?

2. What looks beautiful from the hill but becomes ominous up close?

3. What does Caputo say about the significance of a single death in war?

4. What does Lemmon say they are trying to do while the Howies are strafing the area?

5. What tale does Colonel Nickerson love to recount?

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