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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 military division was Dunstable part of?

2. What nickname does Dunstable live down by performing a raunchy vaudevillian impersonation of Charlie Chaplain for the troops?

3. What do Dunstan's commanding officers indoctrinate Dunstan and his fellow soldiers to believe?

4. What rank does Dunstable achieve before he is twenty years-old?

5. What news did Dunny's parents receive before they died?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dunstan kiss Leola during the celebration of war heroes in the village?

2. Why does Diana give Dunstable the name Dunstan?

3. What is Boy's logic in thinking that he is not cheating on his fiancee, as told to Dunstan?

4. What words from Mrs. Dempster come back to Dunstable when he is lying wounded in the church?

5. Why do the villagers judge Mrs. Dempster as lacking?

6. Why does Dunstable carry around a Bible when he is a soldier?

7. What traits does Dunstable observe in the members of his units that are attributed to German officers?

8. Boy gives stock tips to Dunstan that help him increase his wealth, but also cause Dunstan to feel what emotions towards Boy?

9. Why does Dunstan feel he can never love Diana?

10. At the beginning of the story, what happens when the narrator leaves Percy to go home for dinner?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Percy and Dunstan are two characters with a relationship throughout the book. How does their relationship benefit each of them when they are children? When they are in university? When they are adults? What kind of relationship does theirs resemble and why? Are they like competitors, or are they more like siblings? Please support your answer with examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

What is the definition of a conscience, and can someone be a conscience for someone else? Does Dunstan act as Boy/Percy Staunton's conscience? Please support your answers with examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

The book covers the transition of three characters from boys to men: Paul Dempster, Percy Staunton, and Dunstan. Pick one of the characters and, using examples from the book, explain how he grew from a boy to a man and what events/people influenced him along the way.

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