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

Short Answer Questions

1. What newspaper does a voice say a guard gave him?

2. What is Yank's real name?

3. Who does Long say should keep off the grass in fifth avenue?

4. What does a voice advise Yank to join if he wants to get back at the girl?

5. What does the guard tell Ben to turn on Yank?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the capitalist class oppress the working classes? How have the working classes made life better for themselves over the centuries? In what way was communism a reaction against working class oppression?

Essay Topic 2

What problems do Yank's generation face? How are the problems for Yank's generation different to the problems his father's generation face? Identify and discuss a significant problem facing your generation.

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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