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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Prager ask the General?

2. Herr learns that Mayhew died by _____________________________.

3. What does the photographer witness soldiers doing with VC bodies?

4. What is the loud hammering Herr hears inside the Chinook helicopter?

5. With which magazine is Karsten Prager associated?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Major Trong does not tell Herr who the last emperor of Vietnam was but states that he is the new emperor. How does his statement affect Herr and the war? What do you make of Trong's refusal to answer Herr's question? Do you think Trong's statement is one based on truth or on greed for power?

Essay Topic 2

How does the attitude of the Marines compliment the denial of reality by government officials? How do both of these attitudes affect the morale of troops?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how exhaustion and frustration with the war affect the soldiers. What do the soldiers do that costs some of them their lives? What has their time in country done to their belief in the war and in the odds of survival?

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