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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 job does Haywood chose when he goes home?

2. Where was Wallace Terry working when he was asked to cover a story on the role of the black soldier in the Vietnam War?

3. How old was the youngest American soldier who died in combat in Vietnam?

4. When did Richard graduate from high school?

5. What does the blast from the weapon that the VC fire at the bunker during the hospital attack do to Gillis?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to a white guy from D.C. that Haywood meets just after joining Tango Squad?

2. Why isn't Light Bulb's father pleased when he enlists?

3. What did Haywood see in a vision when he was twelve?

4. What does Charles say is his first contact with a real man?

5. How do forty men in Bravo Company get killed by friendly fire?

6. Why is Richard supposed to have a job in the rear?

7. What special training did Luther have before he was sent to work in a hospital in Vietnam?

8. What three alternatives does Charles have after his third dream?

9. How does Light Bulb get a man off a mine that he had stepped on?

10. During the attack on the hospital, what does Luther pray when he is under fire?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several of the soldiers state that racial incidents did not happen on the front. Explain why racial incidents did not happen on the front. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the way that soldiers treated both military and civilian Vietnamese. Use examples from "Bloods."

Essay Topic 3

Argue whether most of the soldiers were or were not given the respect they deserved when they returned home. Use examples from "Bloods."

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