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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 many months of training in Vietnamese language, customs, and history does Luther have before going to Vietnam?

2. Where does Haywood spend his last six months in the army?

3. How many more months did Light Bulb have to serve when he left Vietnam?

4. How old was Haywood in 1960?

5. What street is Richard, his mother, and his wife driving on when white guys cut in front of them and blow the horn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Luther do when Gillis says they should do something about the injured during the hospital attack because they are corpsmen?

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

3. What dreams did Charles have?

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

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

6. Why does Malik have to spend seven days in the brig?

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

8. Why couldn't Richard sleep the first night he was home?

9. What will Charles do if he is ever asked to fight overseas again?

10. How do forty men in Bravo Company get killed by friendly 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

Explain how fear affected the soldiers in Vietnam and when they returned home and how fear influenced their behavior. Use examples from "Bloods."

Essay Topic 3

Argue whether the training that the soldiers received did or did not affect the way that they viewed and treated the Vietnamese. Use examples from the book to support your position.

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