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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on the person's jacket?

2. Which activity interested the boys when they weren't playing outside?

3. How long does Kovic stay in the hospital?

4. In what branch of the military is the soldier enlisted?

5. If Kovic's debt is paid he can:

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one of the main things that cause the deep depression in Kovic?

2. Kovic and his friends often played what kinds of games in the woods?

3. What are Kovic's physical therapy instructions?

4. What is the opinion of Kovic by the Legionnaires and the government?

5. What causes Kovic to lie about his belief in the war?

6. What is Kovic's response to the doctor's request for information?

7. Explain the scene in which the general visits the soldiers in hospital.

8. How does Kovic refer to the other soldiers in the hospital?

9. Discuss some of Kovic's trials and tribulations as a teenager.

10. What is the purpose of calling a priest to visit to Kovic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think about the general was really indifferent to the situation or was attempting to be professional and appropriately sympathetic? Discuss how you might feel in the same situation. Examine it from both sides. Also examine military protocol regarding the visiting of soldiers and the meting out of commendations and awards during peace time and during war time. What changes?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Kovic must have felt arriving back in the United States after being in Vietnam. How would you have felt in the same situation? Which would feel stranger to you - arriving in the states or going home to your house? Explain. Also, write about how friends and family might treat you differently after you returned home from war. What kind of treatment would one expect? Would it be different depending on amount or extent of wounds? Would it be different if the wounds were physical or mental?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and how it affects veterans of all ages as well as soldiers still in service. What causes it? What are the symptoms? What are the treatments? Is there a cure? What can be done about it?

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