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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. In Archie's dreams about Vietnam, how many lives does he have?

2. How far did Norman walk to get on a school bus when he was a child?

3. How old is Robert Daniels when he has his first birthday party?

4. How high is the plane Norman is in when it is hit by a surface-to-air missile?

5. How many people are on the barbed wire the night Long Binh is blown up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the FBI want Robert Holcomb to do for them?

2. Who are the two soldiers that are killed under Archie's command?

3. How is Norman able to attend college and become an office in the Air Force?

4. What is Robert Mountain's training like at Fort Benning?

5. What does Archie's regiment find after they have been following a trail for twelve days in the jungle?

6. How poor is Edgar when he joins the marines?

7. What hurts Archie when he returns to the United States?

8. What happens to the platoon that Joseph and his men have to find that is dropped into a landing zone called LZ Pink in the Central Highlands?

9. Why is William Norman frustrated with the navy?

10. Why does Robert Mountain have to have his leg amputated again, this time below the knee?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how the military system perpetuated racism. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Explain why the similarities between the blacks' struggle for civil rights and the struggles of the Vietnamese allowed the two groups to form friendships. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

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

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