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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. After the attack on which village does O'Brien lose a buddy?

2. What is the most frightening mission for the soldiers?

3. In what year does chapter three take place?

4. Which time of day is filled with the most potential danger according to O'Brien?

5. What disability does the Vietnamese elderly man have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the backdrop for O'Brien's upbringing.

2. How many scenes does the author use in chapter ten?

3. What philosophical conversation does O'Brien attempt to hold with the captain?

4. When does O'Brien become a true soldier?

5. Describe how the soldiers feel during the fire fight.

6. What does O'Brien admit to the reader at the end of chapter three?

7. Why does the Chaplain disappoint O'Brien?

8. How do the soldiers react to these self-induced injuries caused by soldiers tossing about their own grenades?

9. What are the soldiers constantly fighting to find?

10. Why do the Vietnamese people go everywhere the men of Alpha Company go?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing what you believe is the most courageous act within the novel. Why do you consider this the most courageous act? What was the most cowardly act of the novel? Why do you consider this the most cowardly act?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay making a personal judgment on the Vietnam War based on O'Brien's experience. Do you believe O'Brien feels the war was justified? Do you believe that O'Brien feels his own actions were justified? Do you believe O'Brien feels the actions of the others he knew during his time in the war were justified?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing how you are similar to O'Brien. Use many complete details and include a personal response as to why you feel that way.

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