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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 Colonel Wesley think Carlson might want to do?

2. Why does McCoy take Ernie to see someone in Chapter VII?

3. What does Pick find out when he arrives at his motel?

4. What did Pick do after he cleaned up in his hotel room?

5. Why has Ernie brought McCoy home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Pick volunteered for flight training?

2. In what situation did Pickering discover he loved Martha?

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

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

5. Where does Pick go and see Martha after his first flight? What does he ask her and what is her response?

6. In Chapter XI, what does a navy doctor find out about Banning and the other blind men and what does he do?

7. How does McCoy feel about Ernie's actions in Chapter XI?

8. What is wrong with Captain Banning when he is on the Pickerel and how does he feel about it? What does he plan to do?

9. Where and in what way was Captain Banning wounded and what did he do in the military? What is his prognosis?

10. What languages does McCoy know?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

McCoy, despite his background, is an officer and a gentleman and is therefore accorded more respect and trust even in enemy territory than the common soldier. Discuss the following:

1. Does it seem likely that officers are usually more respectable than enlisted men back then? What about today? Why or why not?

2. In the Raiders Carlson wants no distinction between officer and enlisted. Explain why you think this is a good or bad idea. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. In the present military in the United States, both officers and enlisted can be held for court martial for adultery or having sexual relations with someone of inferior rank. Why do you think this is so? Do you agree with the policy?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of the following and compare and contrast the two people. Include in the discussion their type of leadership, their personality, their morals, and whether you would like to serve under them.

1. Carlson and Wesley.

2. Stecker and Pickering.

3. McCoy and Rickabee.

Essay Topic 3

Politics and manipulation influence much of what happens in Corps 02: Call to Arms. Discuss one of the following:

1. Describe the political situation in Corps 02: Call to Arms and how it impacts the actions of three of the major characters.

2. Discuss and analyze several people who try to manipulate McCoy and his responses to them.

3. Discuss how and why Wesley's behavior is related to politics and why his behavior is an example of manipulation. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

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