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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. Who is waiting in the Pickering suite for Carolyn?

2. Who attends the awards ceremony in addition to McCoy and Dillon?

3. Who drives Veronica to the Malibu house to see her lover?

4. Who spends his leave in Missouri, visiting his family but wants to be with Dawn?

5. Who does Colonel Porter order to find transportation for Dunn and Pick?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the various comments about security truly reveal about MacArthur's real concerns to Pickering?

2. When Dunn lands in an auxiliary field, what does he do to relieve the pressure?

3. When Dillon secures a release for McCoy and talks to Stewart, why is he concerned about Easterbrook?

4. Why does Fowler appear in the suite where Pick, Dunn and Easterbrook at eating?

5. With the personnel changes in the corps, why is Stecker upset?

6. How do the fates of both Veronica and Dawn change in Chapter 12?

7. Why is Carolyn dirty when she arrives at the Andrew Foster Hotel?

8. Why are Dunn and Pick stopped by Colonel Porter at the Pensacola station?

9. What does Pickering do to reassign people to work on the Philippines mission?

10. Why is Veronica angry at first with Jake when he arrives at the Malibu house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Death and violence appear throughout "Close Combat". Who dies? Who is violent? In what ways are characters violent or abusive? What is their effect on other characters and their lives? Do these characters change over time? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Veronica. What is her role in the story? What was Griffin trying to accomplish by creating Veronica's character in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Pickering and Pick are two of the most active characters in the decision-making process for the military and espionage events that unfold in "Close Combat".

Part 1) What is their relationship? How do they co-exist and how do they interact? What is similar about them and what is different?

Part 2) What are some events that Pickering had a direct influence upon? What are some events that Pick had a direct influence upon?

Part 3) Which character offers support to the group? Which one is stronger and why?

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