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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 not removed from the helicopter?
2. What is the name of the officer that made the kill?
3. Which one of the soldiers has to be reprimanded for unprofessional behavior?
4. An old woman searches the camp and finds which of the following?
5. What is the rank of the officer Downs refers to as being "nasty?"
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the scene that takes place on November 13th. What types of weapons are involved in the conflict? What type of shelter is available for the soldiers?
2. Discuss Downs' situation at the base camp. Where is it located? What is the name of the platoon?
3. What happens shortly after the mine-sweeping crew is on the job?
4. Discuss Downs' first mission and the sights he witnesses.
5. What is exposed by a random shot fired by Downs? What is the next step taken in the mission? What is discovered?
6. What is the plan for the base camp once the soldiers arrive on site?
7. Discuss the scene in which the platoon goes out into the rice paddies. Who do the soldiers see? What mishap occurs?
8. Explain the arrival and presence of Fouel. What is the opinion of the Americans on the Cho-Hui?
9. Describe the scene when Lt. Frederick Downs arrives at the airfield for the first time.
10. What is the basic plan for battle for the First Platoon? Would the platoon have any back up?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Interview someone who served in Vietnam and write a 1000 word essay on the experience and how it affected the soldier's life. Be sure to include any traumatic events, real or imagined as well as post traumatic stress, involvement with the VA, and life before and after the war.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss in detail the involvement of the soldiers on Montezuma Mountain in Vietnam. Examine the location, its benefits and drawbacks. What was so important about that particular battalion at that particular location? What difference did it make to have the platoon at that location? How might things have changed after Downs' injury and eventual discharge?
Essay Topic 3
Downs was among a long line of other soldiers wounded in the line of duty. Examine and discuss various types of wounds that are mentioned in the book. How were the majority of the wounds inflicted? What is the standard treatment of a non-serious wound? What is the standard treatment for a potentially fatal wound? Who attends to the soldiers when they are wounded? How common is it for doctors to be present and to take care of the wounds? When doctors are not around, who performs the work?
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