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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. Where did O'Brien meet a Vietnamese student who was also a Viet Cong officer?

2. Which of the following is not a synonym for spry?

3. What does O'Brien think will happen to him in the rainforest in Vietnam?

4. Which of the following is a synonym for the term raucous as it is used to describe the bus ride to basic training?

5. When is O'Brien due to report for basic training?

Short Essay Questions

1. The Starlight scope is what kind of technology?

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

3. What does O'Brien do on his long nocturnal walks?

4. What provides O'Brien with his only intellectual connection?

5. What do the soldiers learn how to do at the combat center?

6. Why didn't O'Brien sign up for two years?

7. In what way do Erik and O'Brien catch the attention of the drill sergeant?

8. How does O'Brien spend his last summer before starting basic training?

9. After he starts his interest in politics, what does O'Brien begin to do?

10. What are the first few days like for O'Brien?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write an essay expressing your own personal feelings about O'Brien's experience in Vietnam in relation to his own feelings. How has your understanding of the Vietnam war changed? In what ways can you relate to how O'Brien felt during his time in the war?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay sharing your point of view on the war in Vietnam after reading O'Brien's account. Did your point of view change from what it was before you read his account? Why do you think it did/did not change? Use examples from the text to support your writing.

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