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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 do the Marines plan to do with Charley Galloway?

2. How does McInerney feel about Charley Galloway flying to the Saratoga?

3. Why can't Pickering get a return flight to San Francisco?

4. What is the name of the hotel chain Pickering's father owns?

5. What did Stecker recommend to Harris for Howard?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Galloway, Ward and Schneider are headed to Lakehurst?

2. Who is Franklin Neville and on what subject is he an expert? What has he written on the subject?

3. What did Stecker recommend for Joe Howard, why and in what position will Howard work for Stecker?

4. What is Steve Koffler doing in Lakehurst, how does he feel about it, and why is he doing it?

5. Where does Ellen Feller work and in what capacity?

6. What do Galloway and the others do at Ward's house?

7. Where does Howard report for his physical, what happens immediately and why?

8. What happens when Koffler returns home to see Dianne?

9. Why is Stephen Koffler at Lakehurst and what does the Navy keep there?

10. What does Fleming tell Fowler about meeting Donovan, what does Fowler say about Donovan, and how does Fleming feel about Donovan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pickering is looking for his place in the war effort and is having a hard time finding it. He refuses the job offer from Donovan because it is only an adviser position, which he feels is too low, but tells McInerney that he is willing to do anything, even at a low rank, in the Marines. Pickering doesn't know what it is that he wants to do, which is why he is having such a hard time. The one thing he knows he doesn't want to do is to sell his remaining ships to the Navy, even though they want them.

1. With research, discuss the steps one can use to make a decision and how these steps might benefit Pickering.

2. Do you think Pickering actually wants a job helping the war effort, or do you think he just thinks he should want one? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. Discuss why or why not you believe Pickering refusing to sell his ships to the navy makes him a bad American. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Counterattack is one book in a series of novels involving McCoy and the other characters. Discuss the following.

1. What are two advantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Illustrate your statements with details from the text.

2. What is a disadvantage of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Illustrate your statements with details from the text.

3. Do you prefer to read a stand-alone book, or a series of books with the same main characters? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 3

Pickering has an affair with Ellen in spite of being married.

1. In most circles, Pickering 's involvement with Ellen would be called adultery. Do you think the life and death situation of war makes adultery more likely? Why or why not? Use examples from your own knowledge and or the book to illustrate your answer.

2. Pickering is an officer and a "gentleman" who has just received promotion to major. Discuss how the act of adultery fits with the idea of an officer and a "gentleman".

3. Pickering is an intelligence officer and as such would most likely have a top secret security clearance. In the modern army, personnel who commit adultery will often lose their clearance. Why do you think this is so? Do you think someone's morals should affect whether they have a security clearance? Why or why not?

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