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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 dates are denoted in the opening of Chapter 23?

2. In the end of Chapter 20, Eben asks Curzon if he knows how to cook what?

3. Who are assigned digging a privy trench for the camp in Chapter 17?

4. Who receives Sergeant Woodruff's blanket in Chapter 24?

5. What word is defined in the dictionary entry that opens Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author set up each of her chapters in Forge?

2. What does Eben say led to the fight between him and Burns in Chapter 21?

3. Why is Curzon concerned about storing his knapsack in Eben's tent in Chapter 8?

4. How does Curzon describe the marching of the British prisoners in Chapter 10?

5. Why does Burns miss out on the rice rations in Chapter 18? How does he respond?

6. What happens at the Hardenburgh house that upsets Curzon?

7. How does Eben respond to the stolen goods in Curzon's bag in Chapter 9?

8. What is foreshadowed by Burns's promotion to sergeant?

9. Why does Sergeant Woodruff not want his men to dig in building their cabins? Why does he agree to let them do so?

10. What arrives as the Christmas rations in Chapter 19?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the narrative style of Forge. From what perspective is the story narrated? Is the narrative related in the present, future, or past tense? What significance do these choices of the author's have on the reader's experience of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and analyze the character of John Burns in Forge. Why does Burns take a dislike to Curzon? How does he go about tormenting Curzon while they serve together? How does Burns eventually die?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the opening quotations in each chapter of Forge. What individuals are quoted? What is detailed in their descriptions? What is the purpose of these excerpts?

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