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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. How does MacArthur generally learn about naval operations?

2. Why has Pickering forbid Banning to go behind enemy lines?

3. What is missing from Koffler's car when he goes looking for Daphne?

4. What did Captain Haughton carry as he went to a Baltimore restaurant?

5. What type of nursing is Barbara being assigned to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Barbara Cotter stationed in Melbourne and why is she at Pickering's house?

2. Where is Banning staying in Australia and what does Pickering give him and why?

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

4. What does Captain Haughton want Rickabee to do?

5. Why does Banning meet with Eric Feldt and what happened at that meeting?

6. What does intelligence intercept reveal about the Japanese plans for the Pacific?

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

8. How does Howard become a member of Banning's group?

9. What does Stecker tell Banning when they meet about Banning's organization?

10. How does the jump with Koffler and Howard go?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joe Howard is what they call a mustang, an enlisted man who came up to be an officer. Often there is tension between an enlisted man who becomes and officer and a college graduate who starts as an officer.

1. How do you think a mustang might handle command differently than a regular officer? Use examples from Counterattack to illustrate your answer.

2. Other officers resenting those who did not go to college is not uncommon in other institutions. There are many situations in which a person is qualified to do a job without formal education and those with formal education might resent that person. Discuss what you believe are the interpersonal and personality dynamics of this type of situation. Use examples to support your answer.

3. Throughout history, as long as there has been rank in the military or classes in the social sphere, treatment of people have been unequal. Officers have always had better quarters and food. Kings sleep in better homes than carpenters. Do you think inequality of people is good or bad? Could it motivate those in the lower hierarchies to work harder or just make them resentful? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of unequal status among humans.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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. Pickering and Stecker.

2. Macklin and Harris.

3. Reeves and Howard.

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