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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. What is the name of the dog that is in Archie's regiment that sniffs out Vietnamese?

2. How long does it take Edgar to go from private to first sergeant?

3. What is Robert Mountain's major in college?

4. When Joseph and his men find the lost platoon, how many do they find who are badly injured?

5. Where does Arthur grow up?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Robert Daniels injured?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is Norman's job in the Air Force?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book, compare and contrast the courage and cowardice of the soldiers.

Essay Topic 2

Some of the soldiers seemed to lose their faith and others seemed to have a stronger faith in God after the war. Explain the different ways that Vietnam affected soldiers' faith in God.

Essay Topic 3

Some soldiers joined the Black Panthers after they returned to civilian life. Explain why the Black Panthers organization attracted some soldiers after they had been in the war. Use examples from the book.

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