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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 Marines send to Hodges' mother?

2. What protects Cat Man's and Cannonball's teams as they make their way to the cemetery?

3. What is Hodges so excited about as he looks through the fog?

4. What becomes of Snake as he carries Goodrich toward Hodges?

5. What does Senator believe Snake would have thought about his speech?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Snake decide to do when Hodges arrives to help?

2. What is Bagger's reaction to Senator's insulting song about Hodges?

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

4. What effect does sitting in the rain have on Hodges' men?

5. What does Hodges see as he peers through the fog?

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

7. What is the reaction of Hodges' son when Mitsuko takes him to see his father's memorial?

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

9. What does Hodges notice in his old classmate that he meets in the mess hall?

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

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 images does Webb use to describe the Killer Fields as the men cross through them?

2) How do these images have different meaning for different people?

Essay Topic 3

1) What is the message Webb is trying to convey about life both in the states and in Vietnam during the war?

2) Does he depict a realistic and relevant view of human nature through the actions of the character during the Vietnam War?

3) Are the human qualities of each character true to life? Explain.

4) How do the characters convey the everyday struggles of life?

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