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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 Moore receive after delivering the message?

2. What are the aviators' feelings toward David Schneider according to Chapter 13?

3. Who asks after the whereabouts of Pickering?

4. What does David Schneider have trouble understanding?

5. What group is the message Moore transported bad news for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vandergrift not understand?

2. What does Pickering advise Knox of?

3. Who is Fowler in Chapter 15?

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

5. Who is Feldt and what does he agree to?

6. Why does Ellen sleep with John Moore in Chapter 17?

7. What do the Coastwatchers report from Buka Island?

8. Why is David Schneider not liked in Chapter 13?

9. What is ironic about Galloway?

10. What do Hon and Moore try to figure out about messages received earlier in the day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Examine how Griffin uses historical events to make his story seem more realistic and the effect it has on the reader.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss General MacArthur as presented by Griffin in the book and compare that to the real life General of the Pacific Theater.

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