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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 does O'Brien experience for the first time in chapter nine?
2. Which of the following is the best synonym for disdain as it is used in the following sentence? He looks with disdain on those that flourish in basic training.
3. Where does O'Brien say is the only place that Alpha Companies friendships are deep?
4. What name do the soldiers give to the Starlight scope?
5. Which of the following does O'Brien use to describe the way Alpha company came out of the jungle?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the soldiers often do on the long routine marches that sometimes alerts the enemy to their location?
2. How does O'Brien obtain his passport and shot records?
3. What does O'Brien admit to the reader at the end of chapter three?
4. Why didn't O'Brien sign up for two years?
5. The Starlight scope is what kind of technology?
6. Describe the backdrop for O'Brien's upbringing.
7. What is sometimes the cause of the explosive ordinance attacks?
8. After he starts his interest in politics, what does O'Brien begin to do?
9. What philosophical conversation does O'Brien attempt to hold with the captain?
10. What are the soldiers constantly fighting to find?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe why Captain Johansen can be considered a hero. What is your definition of a hero? Does O'Brien meet your personal definition of a hero at any time throughout this novel? Do you believe your definition is universal or unique?Uses examples from the story to support your ideas.
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 on how the Vietnamese people must have felt about Americans during the war, especially those that were on the same side as the Americans. What lead the Vietnamese people to feel this way? Do you believe their feelings were justified? How would you feel in the same situation?
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