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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. Where does Luther live when he is at the hospital in Vietnam?

2. How long does a Vietnamese interpreter tell Light Bulb that the Vietnamese had been fighting a war?

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

4. Whose name does Light Bulb look up first when he goes to the Vietnam Memorial?

5. When does Charles leave the military?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens in 1975 when Luther is in a room at the Naval Regional Medical Center in Norfolk?

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

4. Why did Mr. Ku Klux Klan change his mind about blacks?

5. Why don't officers want to be saluted at the front?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some of the soldiers came back home with scars, both physical and emotional. Explain the types of scars that soldiers received from the war and how these scars affected their lives.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The soldiers in the book expressed many different viewpoints concerning the Vietnam War. Compare and contrast how the different soldiers viewed the Vietnam war and what they would have done differently if they had been in charge. Use examples from "Bloods."

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