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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. Why is Bagger so annoyed with the truck driver?

2. What do the Marines send to Hodges' mother?

3. What type of terrain is the Arizona shore the Marines climb onto from the chest high river?

4. What does Hodges' seven year old son believe his father did?

5. What happens to Hodges as the helicopters arrive to carry the wounded to safety?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Goodrich see hanging from the helicopter that passes above him?

2. What are the results of the investigation into Snake's participation in the killing of the civilian's that Senator reported?

3. Why does Snake disagree with Kersey's order to move the men to the paddy?

4. What is Bagger's reaction to Senator's insulting song about Hodges?

5. What becomes of Hodges while he tries to rescue the men in the cemetery?

6. Why does Snake go to the company office tent?

7. How does Snake keep his team motivated to move through the gunfire toward the cemetery to help Senator's team?

8. What does Hodges see as he peers through the fog?

9. What effect does sitting in the rain have on Hodges' men?

10. What does Goodrich say to the crowd of anti-war protesters when they ask him to speak?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Evaluate the relationship between Hodges and Mitsuko.

2) Are they a good match? Explain.

3) How do they interact with one another?

4) What are the qualities of their relationship?

5) Cite examples from the story proving their acceptance of one another and their role in the war.

Essay Topic 2

1) Analyze the image of the One Mile Killer Fields.

2) What do they symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

1) Discuss how Goodrich grows as a character from the beginning of the novel to the end.

2) How do his attitudes change toward the Vietnam War?

3) How does his attitude about his classmates change?

4) What are the differences in his attitude toward war protesters from the beginning to the end of the novel?

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