View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a LRRP?

2. What does Herr say is the reason he came to Vietnam?

3. What does NVA stand for?

4. The Marines feel one of them is worth how many regular soldiers?

5. Who do the Montagnards hated?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the actions of the correspondents while in the field.

2. Describe the condition "shell shock." Why do parents fear their sons will come home with it and why do soldiers with it not want to return home?

3. Describe the battle at Khe Sanh.

4. Describe the mortar attack in which Herr is injured, his understanding of the situation, and the possible truth about the soldier's laughter.

5. Describe China Beach and what soldiers do there.

6. Describe the stories Herr hears from the soldiers.

7. How does the presence of the correspondents lend importance to missions and also detract from the importance of the soldiers job?

8. Describe the reaction Herr has to seeing dead bodies and how the soldiers react when they kill the enemy.

9. Who is the Khe Sanh press secretary and what is his role in the Khe Sanh siege?

10. Discuss Page's wound and his recovery.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the impact of Martin Luther King Jr.'s death on the Vietnam War both at home and overseas.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the state of Vietnam when Herr arrives in Saigon. What is the history of the war up to that point? Who has been involved? Who is fighting? What are the issues being fought for? Who controls the land? Who controls the air? How are the Vietnamese people coping with the constant state of war?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how exhaustion and frustration with the war affect the soldiers. What do the soldiers do that costs some of them their lives? What has their time in country done to their belief in the war and in the odds of survival?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,196 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample