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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 is the company's motto?
2. The platoons will be stationed approximately how many kilometers apart?
3. Which word means to avoid duty by feigning illness or injury?
4. Which of the following is not removed from the helicopter?
5. What is the man's temporary rank?
Short Essay Questions
1. What difficulty do the soldiers have when it comes to landing the helicopter? What is the solution to the problem?
2. Discuss Downs' first mission and the sights he witnesses.
3. What is the biggest problem with this plan?
4. What is the issue with convoys traveling by the established road? What were the orders issued to the men?
5. What is the issue with convoys traveling by the established road? What were the orders issued to the men?
6. Who gives Downs details about his destination? What does the man say?
7. 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?
8. Explain Downs' first friendly encounter with the Vietnamese villagers.
9. When is the platoon moved from the area? Where are they taken to set up a new base camp?
10. Where does Downs and his platoon spend the first two months in Vietnam?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Discuss the statistics mentioned in the book. Explore the accuracy of the details. What other details should have been included? Which details may have been more pertinent? What else should have been said about the end of the war? How did the end of the war affect the hundreds of thousands of military personnel and their families? Were there any other wars in recent history that equaled the one in Vietnam?
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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