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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. Where does Ward, Carolina, and Schneider wait for Galloway?

2. Whose funeral does Koffler attend?

3. What do aerial photos of Buka show?

4. At what hotel is Pickering staying in Pensacola?

5. What is the main subject of the letter Pickering sends to Knox after Joe and Steve left on their mission?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what is Ellen promoted and what happens when Pickering comes to her hotel room?

2. What does Jane Marwood tell Barbara her new orders are and how much does she know about them?

3. What do Barbara and Ernie do the day before Barbara ships out? What are Barbara's plans and how do they change?

4. What is in the letter Pickering sends to Knox in which he also has a request about Banning?

5. Who does Koffler see at the Elms and what do they discuss?

6. What does Captain Haughton want Rickabee to do?

7. Why is Koffler being dropped behind enemy lines?

8. What does McInerney want Galloway to do and how does Holcomb respond to that idea?

9. What does Pickering tell Knox about Koffler's mission?

10. Where does Pickering see his son and what do they talk about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Most protagonists are a mixture of admirable traits and character flaws, and Koffler is no exception. His determination and survival powers might contrast to his feelings of inferiority about his family background. Discuss the following:

1. Trace and analyze situations when Koffler demonstrates his determination. Give specific examples to illustrate your analysis.

2. Trace and analyze Koffler's character flaws offering specific examples of these flaws in your discussion.

3. Discuss how you think Koffer's admirable traits helped him obtain rapid promotions in the military. Have his flaws impacted his career at all? Do any of those who work with him seem to notice these flaws? Who? How does the reader know this?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Most people and regular soldiers detest spies and the idea of spying. Spies are not considered in the same vein as soldiers in uniform and are not protected by the customs and regulations that govern the treatment of soldiers who are in uniform when captured. It was carefully pointed out that what Pickering was doing would not be considered spying, yet that is essentially what his organization is doing. Discuss one of the following:

1. Why do you think spies are not accorded any rights under many countries' laws and/or customs?

2. Even though all countries abhor spies, often even their own, they still spy, and men and women are still willing to be spies. Discuss why you think this is so.

3. Research and analyze the history of spying in either America.

4. Does Pickering seem the image of a typical spy as you visualize one? Why or why not?

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