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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 is the rank of the soldier accompanying Pickering?

2. What is Dailey surprised to learn?

3. Where does Dailey meet with MacArthur?

4. Where did Stecker first meet Pickering?

5. Where does Chapter 14 open?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pickering tell Knox and what does Knox decide?

2. What is clear about Pickering's message to Knox?

3. What does Major Dillon contemplate in July 1942?

4. Why is Dailey surprised in Chapter 14?

5. Who is John writing to in Chapter 10 and what does he say?

6. What strict orders did Pickering receive that he neglects?

7. What does Stecker explain about Pickering?

8. Who is Fowler in Chapter 15?

9. What do the Marines know about the Japanese and why is their anger?

10. What is Captain Galloway's goal in Chapter 12?

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

Discuss the history leading up to World War II and why the Japanese and Americans were at odds with one another.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the Japanese forces and armaments with that of America during World War II.

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