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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. How many Vietcong are captured during the ambush?
2. Two soldiers are hit by a land mine after walking through a _____.
3. The troops move forward making their way through all but which of the following?
4. What separates this area from the open ocean?
5. Who shoots at the soldier?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain the trip to the area around the Tam Ky province. What is the general atmosphere of the area.
2. Why is Downs angry when Sells releases the two men hiding in the bunker?
3. What is the plan issued to Downs by Captain Sells?
4. What happens to the wounded men? What can the soldiers do to save them?
5. Discuss at least one way in which the American soldiers can attack the Vietcong without being located.
6. Discuss Downs' opinion of the base camp and area surrounding Pleiku.
7. How is the platoon separated? Who are the leaders? What happens shortly after the separation? What is Downs' reaction to the conflict?
8. The day after the conflict, there is another ambush. Who is ambushed? The recent events cause the men to have what realization? What is the reaction of the soldiers?
9. Explain the scene in which the Alpha Company engages in a large scale battle.
10. Explain the near miss experienced by Lt. Downs in the middle of the jungle.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how Downs must have felt arriving back in the United States after being in Vietnam. How would you have felt in the same situation? Which would feel stranger to you - arriving in the States or going home to your house? Explain. Also, write about how friends and family might treat you differently after you returned home from war. What kind of treatment would one expect? Would it be different depending on amount or extent of wounds? Would it be different if the wounds were physical or mental?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the extensive type of treatment that Downs had to receive as a result of the gunshot wound and eventual amputation. What kind of preliminary treatment did Downs receive? What is the biggest danger to a soldier immediately following an encounter with a land mine? What is the worst part of the recovery? What actions can be taken to help amputees? How did Downs fare after his treatments?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the life of an American soldier with soldiers from at least two other countries, in addition to North and South Vietnam. Include the involvement of the ARVN in comparison to the regular Army troops. Which do you think made the biggest efforts? Which country was most instrumental in ending the war?
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