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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 news reporter is in the Amtrac with Malik on August 5, 1965?

2. After Richard takes down the drug ring, where do he and his wife get to travel?

3. What kind of an infection does Charles get when they are out in the rain during monsoon season?

4. How old was Haywood in 1960?

5. About how many villages does Haywood's platoon burn down?

Short Essay Questions

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

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. How does Light Bulb lose a stripe and get a fine?

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

6. Why did some guys call Emmanuel a VC sympathizer?

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

8. What does Luther think he hears one evening outside his bunker at the hospital?

9. What did Richard do when some white guys in a car cut him off and honked the horn?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the confusion that men in the book faced on the battlefield and at home. Use examples from "Bloods."

Essay Topic 2

Norman McAlexander decides that God may not remove his trials, but will give him strength to get through them. Explain how this belief helped Norman endure prison and torture.

Essay Topic 3

Some soldiers joined the Black Panthers after they returned to civilian life. Explain why the Black Panthers organization attracted some soldiers after they had been in the war. Use examples from the book.

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