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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 the fight in which the troops is attempting to reclaim Vietnamese land?

2. Who tells Richie that there is no meaning to the war in Vietnam?

3. How does Richie get away from the fight after he has been shot?

4. What is waiting for Richie when he enters one of the huts in the recently pacified village?

5. Which character gets into a power struggle with Stewart, telling the men to follow him when Stewart tells them all to stay down?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the American soldiers prepare the bodies of their fallen soldiers so that the enemy cannot mutilate them?

2. Why do the rescue choppers open fire on the Vietnamese allies?

3. How does Monaco escape the clutches of the Vietnamese soldiers?

4. How does Richie explain the shooting of the Vietcong soldier to his brother, Kenny?

5. What does Richie do with his Purple Heart?

6. What happens when the allies bring in a Vietnamese mother and her two small children found wandering around the rice paddies?

7. What happens when the Vietnamese allies want the American troops to help them capture a crucial hill?

8. When does Richie realize that Johnson would have been a natural-born leader?

9. What conversation does Richie get into with Johnson about the war protesters?

10. What letter does Gearhart give to Richie and Walowick to hold onto?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, many myths of what happens to a good, or strong, soldier are presented. Chose two military myths that were presented in the novel, and explain the ways that the reality of war in Richie's experience dispelled those myths.

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, the reader sees Richie's view of family shift after he makes relationships with other soldiers in his squad.

Part 1) Describe Richie's relationship with his family back home before he enlists in the army.

Part 2) Describe the fantasies that Richie has about family while he is in Vietnam.

Part 3) Describe the way that Peewee, and other soldiers in the squad, fill in for blood family while Richie is away.

Essay Topic 3

The novel "Fallen Angels" is set at a time of American history in which the Civil Rights movement was pushing forward.

Part 1) Describe the way that racism in "the World" is presented in the novel.

Part 2) Describe the way that racism in the army is presented in the novel.

Part 3) Briefly discuss whether or not you feel that the novel presented the American history of the time in a fair and balanced way.

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