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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. Where is Norman from?

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

3. Where does Norman grow up?

4. How many Christmases does Robert Daniels spend in the hospital after he is injured?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Robert Daniels injured?

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

4. How is Norman able to attend college and become an office in the Air Force?

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. Why do the Vietnamese call Arthur "Montagnard"?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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