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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 school did the officer run?

2. What formation was Hathcock required to make during the competition?

3. The author says that the Marines move like which of the following?

4. Who calls in an artillery strike?

5. What injury ended the man's career?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Hathcock's views as he looks back on his childhood and plans on becoming a Marine.

2. How long is the enemy held captive? What do Hathcock and Burke do during that time?

3. How does the author describe the enemy soldiers?

4. What symbol was Hathcock best known for? What name was he known by because of it?

5. Explain the purpose for the school and Land's involvement in it.

6. Describe the first group of sniper instructors organized by Land.

7. Who is the subject of the biography? What are his statistics and military status?

8. Why was the character so famous? What made him important enough to be the topic of a biography?

9. Who was Hathcock's partner when he accompanied the long range patrol? Where was the operation?

10. What was Hathcock's experience with the NVA company? Who was a part of the company? How many were there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Toward the end of the book, Hathcock is involved in a very serious fire. Discuss the scenario in detail. What was the extent of Hathcock's injuries? Why did Hathcock get injured? What could have been done to prevent the incident? What did Hathcock do to make the situation better or worse? What was the result of the incident? What was the enemy trying to do? Did they succeed? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the extensive type of treatment that Hathcock had to receive as a result of the full thickness burns. What is meant by "full thickness?" In degrees, how severe were the burns? How much of Hathcock's body was burned? What kind of treatments is given to burn victims? What is the biggest danger to burn victims immediately following the accident? What is the worst part of the recovery? What actions can be taken to help burn victims? How did Hathcock fare after his treatments?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss in detail the facts and statistics about the Vietnam War. Why was there a war? Was it technically defined as a war? Explain. What were the reasons behind the US military involvement in Vietnam? How many soldiers were sent over? How many casualties were there? When did the war begin and end? What was proven? Who won?

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