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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. How do the men of Alpha Company react to the nighttime attack?

2. How many men were in O'Brien's basic training unit?

3. Where does O'Brien say is the only place that Alpha Companies friendships are deep?

4. Which of the following terms does Blyton call Erik when he voices his opposition to the war?

5. Which term best describes how O'Brien's basic training went?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What causes fear and paranoia in the soldiers?

4. Describe the message O'Brien wishes to convey through chapter ten.

5. What do the soldiers do that provokes a few Viet Cong hiding in the jungle to open fire before disappearing into the jungle?

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 3

Write an essay describing how Plato's writing can be considered the backbone of this novel. Do you believe the writing of Plato is still relevant in today's society? Why or why not?

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