The Great Santini Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 148 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Great Santini Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 148 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Meecham family dog?
(a) Broccoli.
(b) Spot.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Okra.

2. Who dies first in the game?
(a) Ben.
(b) Matt.
(c) Karen.
(d) Mary Anne.

3. Who ambushes Ben after school?
(a) The young Jewish boy and his friends.
(b) Red Pettus and his brothers.
(c) Toomer and his friends.
(d) Bull.

4. Where does Bull stop so that everyone can go to the bathroom?
(a) Beside some train tracks.
(b) A gas station.
(c) A cafe.
(d) Beside an abandoned building.

5. What is surprising about the house the Meechams are to live in this time?
(a) It is officer's quarters.
(b) It is near the high school.
(c) It is bigger than most base housing.
(d) It is a rented, civilian home rather than base housing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does someone throw a shot put ball at Bull?

2. How do the children react to Bull's injury?

3. Where have the Meecham children been living for the past year?

4. Where does Ben meet Bull the night of his eighteenth birthday?

5. Who addresses Bull's squad before the Cuba mission?

Short Essay Questions

1. Bull gives a speech to the officers in his new squad. What does Bull tell them?

2. Why does Bull want Ben to date Ansley Matthews? How does Ben feel about this date?

3. What does Bull's behavior at Hobie's say about his personality?

4. Why does Mary Anne believe neither she nor Ben will ever be writers?

5. Why does Bull sign his children up for Catechism classes?

6. On the first day of school, who goads Ben into fighting with Red Pettus? Why?

7. Bull sits and reflects after the change of command ceremony that gives him command of his own squad. How does Bull feel?

8. Why does a Naval officer threaten to file a conduct report against Bull?

9. What does Lillian claim is Bull's way of apologizing to Ben?

10. Why does Bull refuse to discuss with Lillian his assignment to fly over Cuba?

(see the answer keys)

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