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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. When does Joseph go to Vietnam?

2. How many Vietnamese do Don's team find in the embassy when it is attacked?

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

4. What is Norman doing at the time Terry interviews him?

5. What does Robert Mountain say he was trained to do at Fort Benning?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why is William Norman frustrated with the navy?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Soldiers who were in Vietnam in the early years of the war describe a different type of war and a different type of soldier from what was seen toward the end of the war. Compare and contrast the war and the soldiers at the beginning and at the end of the war. Use examples from the book.

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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