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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 Vietnamese do Don's team find in the embassy when it is attacked?

2. Why is the smell so awful when Stephen and his battalion find a downed helicopter?

3. How many soldiers does Archie lose from his regiment?

4. What does Archie's scar from the fragments look like when it heals?

5. How many tons of Soviet weapons and ammunition are found by Joseph's unit in Cambodia?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are explosives brought in to blow up the ammo dump at Long Binh?

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

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

4. What are some stupid things that Don believes increased the likelihood of attack or problems with the Vietnamese?

5. Why doesn't Joseph Anderson allow his men to take the trails and paths?

6. Why is William Norman frustrated with the navy?

7. Why does Robert Holcomb go back to Vietnam in 1982?

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

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

10. What bothers Robert Daniels about the way the Vietnamese seem to thrive in the United States?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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