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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 does Tim begin to resent?

2. Which of the following is not illegal to pray for now?

3. Tim eventually studies __________ and surveying.

4. How many years after Sam's death does the war end?

5. Who runs the tavern now that Mr. Meeker is gone?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Tim feels trapped in an impossible situation.

2. What are Tim and Mother's attempts to free Sam from his imprisonment?

3. What is an irony related to Sam's trial?

4. What impact has the war had on Mother as seen through Tim's eyes?

5. How has Mother evolved in the story to this point?

6. Explain Tim's philosophies on his country and the war that took so much from his family.

7. What is Tim's overwhelming sense of futility related to the war?

8. In what ways do people show courage other than actually fighting in the war?

9. How does Sam respond to Mother's pleas that Sam return home?

10. Explain how reason seems to have been suspended due to the war.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain what Father means when he says, "In war the dead pay the debts for the living." Cite examples to support your explanation.

Essay Topic 2

What is the symbolism of Tim's trip to Verplancks Point with his father? What does he encounter? What decisions is he forced to make? How is this another turning point for Tim?

Essay Topic 3

Mother says that Sam and Father are very much alike but as time passes Tim also shows characteristics of his father. Describe how Tim is very much like his Father. Is he like Mother or Sam in any ways? Explain.

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