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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Caputo almost trip over going through the high grass?
(a) A dead water buffalo
(b) A VC corpse
(c) A trip wire connected to a mine
(d) The radio operator

2. What mistake does 2d Lt. Caputo make on a training exercise that gets him a reprimand?
(a) He orders a retreat.
(b) He takes a nap while waiting for orders.
(c) He lights up a cigarette.
(d) He changes a captain's orders.

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

4. Who are the only adults who pay attention to the Marines as they pass through Dogpatch?
(a) The fruit venders
(b) The Vietnamese Ruff-Puffs on leave
(c) The local police
(d) The whores called Boom-Boom girls

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Big Ivan?

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

3. What is the misconception the platoon has when they are deployed to Vietnam?

4. What happens during Caputo's first night as assistant adjutant?

5. Who has noticed the relaxed camp arrangements and tries to correct them?

(see the answer key)

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