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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yank compare prison to?

2. How do the voices pronounce the word other?

3. What does the secretary think Yank's job is?

4. What does the gentleman say to Yank when he bumps into him?

5. What do the voices say the sermon was about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Examine capitalism and communism. How did capitalism and communism evolve into important movements? What are the differences between the two schools of thought? Why did capitalism become the dominant system in America?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Yank's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Yank hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Yank's ideas about life?

3. How has Yank's character changed by the end of the book?

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