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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Willie doing when he hears the news of Japan's surrender?

2. What does Greenwald do during his toast to Keefer?

3. Dr. Bird comments that most military careers are a result of what?

4. In Chapter 26, whose old roommate secures a special treat for the men of the Caine?

5. Which yeoman reports that the mess boys ate the strawberries?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

While there is a war going on, the men of the Caine are caught up in their own conflict. Discuss how the smallness of their perspective seems to develop and how they lose sight of the bigger picture. How do you think men on other ships deal with the monotony of life at sea?

Essay Topic 2

The author writes that "The Kwajalein invasion... was a grand classic of sea warfare, a lesson for the generations. There has never been a more wisely conceived and surgically executed operation. As a young man's first taste of war, however, it was too rich, too easy, too fancy, too perfect." Why do you think the author described the invasion that way? What effect will this invasion have on Willie? Will it mislead him or give him the wrong idea?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 25, a new side of Roland Keefer is revealed. Compare and contrast the two Keefers using support from the book.

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