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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Chapters 16 & 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is used to facilitate the landings and takeoffs of helicopters in the plan?
(a) A rooftop.
(b) A desert.
(c) A field.
(d) A stadium.

2. How is the battleground dealt with after the battle described in Chapter 10?
(a) It is bulldozed.
(b) It is burned by fire.
(c) It is destroyed by explosives.
(d) It is left alone.

3. Which group is Beckwith the operations officer for at the start of Chapter 8?
(a) The 6th Group.
(b) The 5th Group.
(c) The 7th Group.
(d) The 4th Group.

4. What is Beckwith asked to provide in Chapter 17?
(a) Cost and equipment details.
(b) Equipment details and a timeframe.
(c) Cost and a timeframe.
(d) Cost, equipment details, and a timeframe.

5. How does Beckwith find the Vietnam military compound at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Totally abandoned.
(b) Three quarters full.
(c) Virtually abandoned.
(d) Half full.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many months of "search and destroy" in Vietnam still haunt Beckwith as he writes the book in 1983?

2. How is General Kroesen's support for the Delta Force described at the end of Chapter 16?

3. What is Beckwith doing in Chapter 14?

4. What does Beckwith accomplish by taking a Vietnamese officer to dinner?

5. Who appoints the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?

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