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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. Who throws a shot put at Bull?
2. What is the center of Ravenel's gossip community?
3. What does Bull call Southerners?
4. Who is Ben Meecham?
5. What does the Marines Birthday Ball mean to Bull?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Bull react when he loses the basketball game against Ben?
2. Why does Bull sign his children up for Catechism classes?
3. On the first day of school, who goads Ben into fighting with Red Pettus? Why?
4. Bull sits and reflects after the change of command ceremony that gives him command of his own squad. How does Bull feel?
5. What does Lillian claim is Bull's way of apologizing to Ben?
6. Why does Lillian defend Bull?
7. What does Mary Anne throw at Bull?
8. What does Bull's behavior at Hobie's say about his personality?
9. Who comes to Ben's aid after school when Red and his brothers attack him?
10. What is the significance of the Marine Corps Hymn to Bull? To the Meecham children?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of racism. What examples of racism are there in this novel? How does racism affect the characters of the novel directly? Indirectly? What characters are motivated by racism? What characters are affected by racism? Why?
Essay Topic 2
How is Mary Anne treated differently in the family from Ben? How are expectations for Mary Anne different than for Ben? What does Bull expect Ben to do as an adult? What does Bull want for Mary Anne? Why are these expectations different? Is this sexism or is there some other explanation for these expectations?
Essay Topic 3
Why does Ben take Mary Anne to the prom? Why does Mary Anne object at first? What does this night say about Ben and Mary Anne's relationship? How does this night change the nature of their relationship? What does Mary Anne confess to Ben this night? How does her confession affect Ben? What does this night say about the way Mary Anne feels about her father? Her mother?
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