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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. Who is the dog handler in Archie's regiment?

2. What is Robert Mountain's mother's job?

3. How many programs does Norman help to institute to make the Navy a better branch of service for the blacks?

4. How much does one of the maids try to sell her baby boy for?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Robert Daniels injured?

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

3. What does Don write in a letter to President Johnson?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why is William Norman frustrated with the navy?

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

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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