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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 do the American soldiers do to the bodies of their dead soldiers to prevent the enemy from mutilating them?

2. At the end of the fight over land in Vietnam, what is dropped by jet plane into the clearing?

3. Who writes a letter to Tuner's parents?

4. Who is the highest ranking soldier among Richie's squad?

5. Which of the following soldiers does NOT have a letter from Gearhart to his wife in their possession?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation does Richie get into with Johnson about the war protesters?

2. Who is with Brew when he dies?

3. In Kenny's letter to Richie about Johnny Robinson, what does he say?

4. What race relation issues come to light during the time of Vietnamese Tet?

5. What is the reaction among the troops when the newspaper arrives with photos of war protesters burning their draft cards?

6. What do the American soldiers see when they return to the village in Vietnam that they had recently tried to pacify?

7. What happens when the Vietnamese allies want the American troops to help them capture a crucial hill?

8. How are Richie and Peewee separated from the rest of their troop?

9. What happens during the Lieutenant Gearhart's first reconnaissance mission in Vietnam?

10. What power struggle arises between Johnson and Stewart in the battlefield of the reclaimed hill?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In many of his missions throughout Vietnam, Richie wonders whether the American troops are there to help the Vietnamese villages or there to harm them. Choose two instances in the novel in which the moral ambiguity of the situation was highlighted. Then, explain how those instances led to Richie's uncertainty over the war in general.

Essay Topic 2

"Fallen Angel" has sometimes been called an antiwar novel. Do you agree with this assessment? Why or why not. Discuss the ways that the novel acts as an antiwar novel and the ways that it acts as a pro-war novel.

Essay Topic 3

War movies are a major theme throughout the novel.

Part 1) Explain the relationship that Lobel has with Hollywood and describe the way that it affects his fighting.

Part 2) Describe the ways that war movies romanticize soldiers.

Part 3) Describe the way that "Fallen Angels' dispels the myths of war romanticism

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