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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. Which of the following best describes how O'Brien feels about the war?

2. In what year does O'Brien go for basic training?

3. Which of the following presidents is not referred to in this chapter?

4. What game do O'Brien and Captain Johansen play?

5. Which term means to march with items such as a pack or some military supplies?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does O'Brien rebel against during basic training?

4. To whom does O'Brien write as he continues his plan to desert to Sweden?

5. What is O'Brien's moral dilemma?

6. Why does the smoke from Tri Binh 4 trouble O'Brien?

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

8. Why does the Chaplain disappoint O'Brien?

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

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

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 about the character Mad Mark. Include an explanation for his behavior with the Vietnamese he came across throughout this time in Alpha Company. Do you believe his actions throughout the novel were justified or unjustified? Why or why not?

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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