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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 Ellen Feller fear her husband hid?

2. Why was Dailey's status as a pilot rescinded?

3. What is Fowler the Senator of according to Chapter 15?

4. What does Ellen try to do, but fails at the end of Chapter 17?

5. What does Pickering call upon to rationalize his behavior?

Short Essay Questions

1. What workaround are Pickering, Hon, and Banning guilty of and what could it mean for them?

2. Who is Fowler in Chapter 15?

3. What does Barbara tell Moore in Chapter 11?

4. What happens when Moore is about to leave Headquarters?

5. What does Major Dillon contemplate in July 1942?

6. What does Hon realize about Moore?

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

8. What decision does Pickering make that might shock the reader?

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

10. What orders does Vandergrift give in Chapter 16?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a character who has too much pride in his rank and discuss the implications or conflicts that arise as a result.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the significance of breaking military protocol and its ramifications as described in "Battleground."

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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