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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 Joe told when he asks for the check for dinner?

2. What kind of plane do Galloway and Obelnsky put together?

3. What does Dillon tell Galloway and Koffler about Neville's funeral?

4. What happens to Charley when he lands?

5. What rank does Dillon have in the Marines?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what service is Joe Howard, what award did he win, and what is his next assignment?

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

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

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

5. Why is Joe Howard on the USS Tangier and what happens on the way to her destination?

6. Why is Jack Dillon in Hollywood?

7. Where does Pickering meet with the President and Knox and why are they meeting?

8. Sum up the conversation between Pickering and Frank Knox, who Fowler brings to Pickering's motel room.

9. What do Knox and Pickering talk about after Pickering answers Knox's initial inquiry?

10. Where does Knox want Pickering to meet him and what happens when Pickering refuses? What does Knox ask Pickering about his statement in Washington?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Politics and manipulation influence much of what happens in Counterattack. Discuss one of the following:

1. Describe the political situation in Counterattack and how it impacts the actions of three of the major characters.

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Although wealthy and not young enough for the draft, Fleming Pickering devotes his time and money to the war effort. 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 Counterattack 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 Counterattack demonstrate their patriotism? Use examples from Counterattack to support your answer.

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