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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what operation is C Company ordered to prepare?
(a) Operation Victor charlie
(b) Operation Hardest Mein
(c) Operation Harvest Moon
(d) Operation Blue Angel

2. What does he imagine being in the military will be like?
(a) He thinks it will be dull and routine.
(b) He imagines it will be like taking a vacation.
(c) He enters the war with romantic notions of being a hero.
(d) He thinks it will be frightening but he needs the money.

3. Lieutenant Reason goes out leading a platoon. How does he return?
(a) Leading a platoon of captured VC
(b) Riding in a convoy truck
(c) With machine gun bullet holes stitched across his belly
(d) On a helicopter carrying one of his wounded men

4. Does Caputo believe the deployment is for real when he is told about it?
(a) No, he calls the OD to make sure.
(b) Yes, but he is too stunned to know what to do.
(c) No, he ignores it and goes on drinking.
(d) Yes, he runs to the base to start packing.

5. How does Caputo describe his feeling after learning about the death and casualties?
(a) It is the detachment of unreality.
(b) It is the remorse of not having been with his men.
(c) It is the sadness of seeing his friends changed.
(d) It is the first time he feelst the slimy, hollow-cold fear of death.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Vietnamese children try to sell bottles of Coke, why do the men refuse them?

2. What causes the men to name one officer Captain Bligh?

3. What is the aim of Caputo's first entry into combat?

4. What is the result for half of the men after they return from Cinderella Liberty?

5. What change does Caputo notice in his men back at their position on the hill?

(see the answer key)

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