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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. Where is Jacob Reeves in Chapter 4?

2. When does Moore board a seaplane for Pearl Harbor?

3. What is the rank of the man knocking on Pickering's door?

4. What special detachment does Sgt Rutterman and Captain Sessions want to enlist a special recruit to?

5. Who does Moore have dinner with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Sgt. Rutterman and Captain Sessions discussing at the start of Chapter 3?

2. What does Moore daydream of in June 1942?

3. What happens while Barbara Ward is thinking of her situation?

4. What is Galloway infamous for in Chapter 6?

5. Why does Captain Fleming Pickering hold unique status in the Navy in Chapter 2?

6. What is Lieutenant McCoy's nickname according to Chapter 7?

7. Who is Major Jake Dillon?

8. Who is Mary Agnes O'Malley?

9. What happens to Dunn at the beginning of the attack?

10. What does Oblensky tell Galloway in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss cowardice in the novel "Battleground" and the implications of being labeled a coward.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one strategic location as described in "Battleground" and discuss why it was important to the strategy of the Japanese and/or the United States.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the basis for conflict between branches of the United States military and the potential implications of such conflicts.

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