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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 Pickering known for socially?

2. What does McCoy talk about with Ernie in Pennsylvania?

3. What does McCoy allow the pilot to do after take off?

4. What is the medical reason for Captain Banning's injury?

5. Who would Ernie's mother like Ernie to marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Flight Instructor Minter do with Pick on his first flight and what does he find out after the flight is over?

2. To what job has Zimmerman and Kozonwski been assigned in Chapter I?

3. What did the group with Wesley talk about, what did they ask McCoy, how did he feel about their request and what did they tell McCoy about the meeting?

4. Where are Zimmerman's wife and children? Why are they there?

5. What is Banning and Stecker talking about on Ernie and McCoy's boat and what does Banning tell McCoy about it?

6. What do McCoy and Zimmerman do in sub-chapter two of Chapter XV?

7. What does Zimmerman do about what Esposito tells him?

8. Who is both Ernie's and Pick's best friend and why is he with Ernie?

9. Why does Ernie call Pick's mother in San Diego?

10. Who does Pickering meet when he arrives at flight school and what happens with the two?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although still wounded, McCoy's main concern is to get to Washington as soon as possible, not his own health. He was ready to do whatever his government wanted him to do. He, and many other characters in this book, was very patriotic. Discuss one of the following:

1. What does patriotism mean to me? Use examples from Call to Arms to support your answer.

2. Class discussion. What is patriotism? What are the advantages of a country whose citizens feel highly patriotic? What are the disadvantages? What happens when patriots become zealots? Should patriotism be expected of its citizens by any country? Why or why not?

3. How do the characters in Call to Arms demonstrate their patriotism? Use examples from Call to Arms to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

At the conclusion of a novel, most readers either consciously or unconsciously engage in processing the book and usually come to a conclusion as to whether they like the book or not. Discuss one of the following:

1. Would you consider Corps 02: Call to Arms a "good" book? Why or why not? Use examples to illustrate your stance.

2. What do you think are the elements of an outstanding novel? Analyze one of your favorite novels to see if those elements are present.

3. What are some reasons you might consider a novel a failure? Analyze a novel you think is a failure and see if those elements are in that novel.

Essay Topic 3

In any book centered around the military, leadership of the troops is often crucial with the better leaders able to command the respect and loyalty of their men. The men's willingness to follow a particularly leader can have a decisive impact upon the success of a mission. Discuss the following:

1. Whose command style seems most effective? Analyze the elements of those effective leaders thoroughly and discuss the traits of the good leaders. What makes an excellent leader/commander? Give examples.

2. Whose command style seems most ineffective? Analyze the elements of those ineffective leaders thoroughly and discuss the traits of the poor leaders. What makes a poor leader/commander? Give examples.

3. Is disobeying a poor leader ever justifiable? Explain using details from the text, other books you have read and your personal experience. In times of war, disobeying an order can be punishable by death. Is this harsh sentence justifiable for such an act? Why or why not.

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