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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 Norman retire from the Navy?

2. What does Robert Mountain do his first three months in country?

3. How old is Stephen when he is drafted?

4. How long is Norman in the prison called the Hilton?

5. How high is the plane Norman is in when it is hit by a surface-to-air missile?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Stephen look for to follow when fighting is heavy?

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

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

4. What are some stupid things that Don believes increased the likelihood of attack or problems with the Vietnamese?

5. How is Robert Daniels injured?

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

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

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

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

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

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 2

Explain how fear affected the soldiers in Vietnam and when they returned home and how fear influenced their behavior. Use examples from "Bloods."

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the confusion that men in the book faced on the battlefield and at home. Use examples from "Bloods."

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