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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Caputo describe the descent of a helicopter?
(a) Like a roller coaster or a canoe rushing down the rapids
(b) Like standing in a high wind
(c) Like a run down a ski slope
(d) Like a falling brick
2. What is the majority opinion about the countermanded orders to ship out?
(a) That the war in Vietnam is over before they can get there.
(b) That is because of political infighting.
(c) That it is a preparedness test for the real thing.
(d) That some general has a loose screw.
3. What are the Marines doing in the truck beds?
(a) Singing the Marine Hymn
(b) Holding up their rifles and yelling
(c) Staying down under cover
(d) Firing at will
4. What does Caputo observe about the young mother as they are searching her house?
(a) How frightened she looks.
(b) How she covers her face with a scarf.
(c) How she looks on with complete passivity and without without expression.
(d) How she appreciates his putting everything back in place.
5. What becomes of major importance to Caputo in those early days?
(a) Drinking and partying
(b) Getting the approval of his superiors
(c) Getting enough sleep
(d) Getting a Washington desk job
Short Answer Questions
1. What do Caputo and his platoon have in common?
2. How does the paperwork in the adjutant's office appear to Caputo?
3. What happens to Caputo as he is crawling on his stomach to get back to his men?
4. By the time Caputo transfers back to a line company in 1st Battalion, what are his convictions about the war?
5. What does the village of Hua-Vuc conjure up in the minds of the Marines?
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