If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home Test | Final Test - Hard

Tim O'Brien
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 97 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home Test | Final Test - Hard

Tim O'Brien
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 97 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. How does O'Brien feel in chapter thirteen?

2. What happens to Alpha Company as they are half way across the marsh?

3. Which of the following is the best synonym for the term mocks as used in the following sentence? The Captain mocks his fear.

4. Which area of Vietnam is one of the most heavily mined areas?

5. In which part of her body had she been shot?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does O'Brien feel about himself?

2. What happens to the old men after they are tied to the tree all night?

3. Why does Major Callicles try to humiliate O'Brien?

4. What is the major difference between Captain Johansen and Mad Mark as O'Brien sees it?

5. How would you classify Major Callicles mental state?

6. What event does O'Brien tell Erik he witnessed recently in the letter he sends him?

7. Why are the soldiers bitter?

8. What similarity to the soldiers' situation does the Captain draw for the scout?

9. How does O'Brien feel about his new job?

10. How does the Vietnamese scout feel about the soldiers for which he is scouting?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing which event in the story struck you as being the most horrible and why. How does this event compare to any event in your own life which you had previously considered horrible? Describe how levels of horror may change throughout one's life.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay comparing Captain Smith and Major Callicles. In what ways are they similar? In what ways are they different? Which character do you believe you are most like? Why? Use specific examples from the text to support your writing.

Essay Topic 3

Write a letter to a congressman penned by O'Brien after he returned to America from his tour in Vietnam. Be sure to include his strong feelings, beliefs and reasons behind these beliefs and feelings.

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