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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 Mary Ann flick at Bull with her spoon?

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

3. Where does Ben spend dinner after the basketball game?

4. What does Ben really want to do when he grows up?

5. Why does Bull attack a young corporal in the bathroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. In Chapter 7, what does Bull do to wake his family? Why?

4. What does Mary Anne throw at Bull?

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

6. What is the significance of the Marine Corps Hymn to Bull? To the Meecham children?

7. Who is Toomer? Why does Ben believe his mother encouraged him to go fishing with Toomer?

8. Why does Bull take Ben out to Biddle Island Marine Training Depot?

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

10. Why are the Meecham children less than enthusiastic about their father's return after a year's deployment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Bull's job in Ravenel? Why is Bull excited about this new job? What could this job mean for Bull's future? Why does Bull not like his commander, Varney? Who is Varney? What is Varney's relationship with Bull? How could Varney harm Bull's career? Would Varney ruin Bull's career? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Bull's plane go down? Why does Bull not bail out? What does this decision say about Bull's personality? Does this decision change the reader's opinion of Bull or does it confirm what the reader has already known about Bull? Does this action change how Bull's family feels about him? How does the public react to Bull's actions? How does this heroic act make Bull's family feel about him? Can the family reconcile this man with the man they knew?

Essay Topic 3

Who does Mary Anne most resemble, Lillian or Bull? Give some examples of this. Why does Mary Anne continuously attempted to goad her father? What does Mary Anne want from Bull? Why does Mary Anne talk about the future with such despair? Does Mary Anne really believe she will end up like her mother? Why? Is this why Mary Anne speaks of suicide?

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