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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 is O'Brien's boss at camp LZ Gator?

2. What does O'Brien acquire just after Alpha Company gets a new commander?

3. What does the letters AWOL stand for?

4. For what event is Major Callicles asked to leave the base camp permanently?

5. What stands in the center of the refugee camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What similarity to the soldiers' situation does the Captain draw for the scout?

2. What happens to the old men after they are tied to the tree all night?

3. How does O'Brien feel about his new job?

4. How does O'Brien feel about himself?

5. What does O'Brien say ruins a man's psyche?

6. How would you classify Major Callicles mental state?

7. What surprised the soldiers about the way the female Viet Cong soldier died?

8. What is the major difference between Captain Johansen and Mad Mark as O'Brien sees it?

9. What event does O'Brien tell Erik he witnessed recently in the letter he sends him?

10. Why does Major Callicles try to humiliate O'Brien?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a biography of O'Brien's time in Vietnam. Why was O'Brien opposed to the Vietnam war? How did his feelings change? In what ways did they remain the same?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing which event in the story struck you as being the most horrible and why. How does this event compare to any event in your own life which you had previously considered horrible? Describe how levels of horror may change throughout one's life.

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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