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April 18, 2012

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 * 1) [|1960s],
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Jerry gray page 7 Ivan is mad that morris is worried about war in Vietnam. He is scared if he gets drafted ivan on the other hand wants to get drafted and he is talking about his father how he was a war hero in ww2 and it is past down to generation to fight its in there blood. jerry gray page 8 Ivan and his father like the news like everyone like football get some food and seat on the edge of the seats for the warfare action to start his brother ceaser is thirdteen and he loves war and he also wants to get drafted he wants to be just like his father. Then all of a suddent he ask Ivan when is he going to get drafted and he thought he would never ask that question.

jerry gray page 9 Ivan is still standing there while they is waiting to answer he is still think why would he ask that question so he finally answer and he says i don't know yet and he is about to go on peters hill to hang out with his friends and they get some food every thursday night they go to peters hill Ivan brings the drinks and morris brings the bonless chicken Beck bringsome cake he made and Rudi just bring himself

jerry gray page 10 Ivan is going to moxies to get some drinks for peters hill and no one but him likes moxies and he is taking this one mile hike to peters hill and he is thinking about going to vietnom but he don't want to worry his friends and leave them because they known each other since they were real little and now there teens and he bought a six pack and drink two of them.

jerry gray analyzing question why do Ivan want to go to war ? A he don't like home B to honor his home and his father C his father is wanting him to

jerry gray page 10 - 22 Ivan tells them that he wants to go in the draft after them playing and eating they was in shock but morris was crying and they took him to rudi home and he had something in the mail and it was his pappers he past now he got to go to take his physical now after that everyone is one this trip celebrating before they get drafted.

jerry gray integrating question what is the summary of page 10 A telling his father no B worried about his friends if he would tell them C pledge of friendship

jerry gray page 22 there on this beach having a good time and they is seeing the play big bad wolf and eating seagulls.

jerry gray page 23 still at the beach at the canval and someone ended up in a fight and ivans brother was just looking at the fight.

jerry gray page 83 ivan is now in the navy but he wanted to be in the army but when he get all of these guns he see every one get the best gun but him he first get a M- 16 but it is a goood gun but he says it don't suit him he want the M- 12 sniper his capten have he said you is not ready for a wepon like this then Ivan says that can he test it out. When he did he went out of controll and hit someother stuff other than targets. jerry gray knowing question What is the ivans base called? A ship of honnor B Benewah C seals are one jerry gray page 92 Ivan is in the army but everyone thinks that they is in the navy since there base is on a ship and them and the marines is the only ones with boats or ships as base.Ivan get to start on his gun class everyone is getting the guns they want but he want a M-12 sniper but he ends up with the M-16 and he ask for a trade from his captin because he want the m-12 that gun suits him best well he have to prove himself for that gun he end up doing so and now they is in there first batle scared.

jerry gray page 103 Ivan just had his first battle and alot of people is dead one of his teamates got his fingers blown off well not all of them one of them is showing the bone and the meat that is attach then they needed directions on were to go so they called the other higher ranks and they were mad when they called because it was not a life or death situation and they gave them the directions to retreat and go back to the base. After that they had lunch and thev commader wanted to speak to Ivan because it was his first and wanted to know how he feel. Then later on the commander brought out the M-12 sniper and wanted Ivan to do some test on it to prove he can be a marksman sniper.

jerry gray generating question What would happen if Ivan pass the test? A he will have the m-12 B become a marksman sniper C become a sniper in the elite force D will rank up

jerry gray analyzing question what was the author purpose of the main idea ? A to show you how war is Bto show you all the traing if you want to go in the army C to show you what ivan is going into D to show how ivan really want the m -12

jerry gray page page 112 Ivan is in his base and there bis this group of people there staring just to see what it was like for a rookie first battle again. He said it was good and there was alot of people down there and everyone wanted to share there storys when they first was in battle this one guy saw on man with a gun so he pulled out his M-60 and he was just shooting a million bullets in him so after he was on the ground his foot twich so he got him some more in his head wasting all his rounds on one guy the guy didn't even have a face after that it was all gone.

jerry gray authors purpose question what was the authors purpose of putting it was a month ago since i arrive when it was his first battle? A to show how much he has inproved B not to make the book longer C to show how he was then and how he is now D it had flashbacks jerry gray pg 139 it is about how he is a sniper he just got it now they is under attack and that he is looking for his caPTIn and that he is getting this tatoo after the attack and morris wrote him letters.