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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 does Bull do when Ben refuses to continue the game?

2. Why does Bull take Matt and Ben to the base?

3. What does Lillian give Ben on his birthday?

4. Who dies first in the game?

5. Where is the family moving to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Ben challenge Bull to a basketball game?

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

4. Who is Arrabelle Smalls and why has she come to the Meecham home?

5. Why does Lillian defend Bull?

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

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

8. What does Bull want his daughter's to be as adults? How does this correspond with Mary Anne's opinion of her own future prospects?

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

10. Why does Bull play war games with his children?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does the Meecham family move to Ravenel? Why are the children unhappy about this move? What is different about this move than other moves the family has endured? Why does Mary Anne begin to cry in the car? Why does Mary Anne throw her tears at her father? What does Mary Anne blame her father for? Why is Mary Anne not afraid of her father? Should Mary Anne be afraid of her father? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Sammy Wertzburger? How is Sammy significant to the story? What does Sammy's friendship mean to Ben? How does this friendship change Ben? Is this Ben's first close friend?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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