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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. Who is guiding the remnants of the platoon in the cemetery?

2. Where has Hodges been recovering from his wounds?

3. What happens to Hodges as he hears a puff to his left?

4. How does Goodrich pour out the agony he has felt for months?

5. Why is Bagger so annoyed with the truck driver?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hodges do when he is released from the Japanese hospital?

2. What does Waterbull tell the men in the letter he sends to the unit?

3. What does Goodrich say to the crowd of anti-war protesters when they ask him to speak?

4. Why does Goodrich go to the Regimental Legal Officer's tent?

5. What does Goodrich see hanging from the helicopter that passes above him?

6. What is Mitsuko's response when Hodges asks her to marry him?

7. How is Senator wounded in the cemetery?

8. What is Kersey's reply when Hodges asks if there is anywhere dry where his men can wait out of the rain?

9. What is Snake's mother doing two years after he is killed in Vietnam?

10. What does Snake do when he sees Senator in the hole?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe the unexpected act of Goodrich when he speaks at the anti-war rally.

2) Why does he think Snake would be proud of his actions?

3) What evidence of change takes place in Goodrich's personality?

4) How does he regard himself in this new role he makes for himself?

Essay Topic 2

1) What role does racism play in the novel?

2) Explain the relevance of the Black Shack and the effect it has on both the white and black soldiers.

3) Describe the unrest that racism causes between white and black men fighting and relying upon one another in battle.

4) Specifically, analyze the moral dilemma that Cannonball faces because of racism during the war.

Essay Topic 3

1) Analyze Goodrich's final acts in the story.

2) Was his character still misunderstood in the end? Justify the answer with examples from the story.

3) What alternatives did he have at the climax of the story?

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