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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 people attend Edgar's retirement party?

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

3. When does Joseph retire?

4. Archie gets fragments in his lower back and buttocks. Where is the doctor from who removes the fragments and stitches him up?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What injuries does Robert Mountain sustain when he is hit outside his bunker?

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

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

4. How does Don feel when the North Vietnamese began taking over South Vietnam?

5. What does Archie say that southerners would feel when they learn there was a black officer in charge of them?

6. Why does Arthur Woodley kill another GI in February 1969?

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

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

9. How is Robert Daniels injured?

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

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

Argue whether most of the soldiers were or were not given the respect they deserved when they returned home. 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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