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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 role does Galloway play in the Navy?

2. What is Osgood's position in the Navy?

3. Where does Ken have to report to for duty that Sage plans on accompanying him to?

4. What arrangements does Pick make for Hart for his stay?

5. Where does the parachute drop occur?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Zimmerman discover about Thomas McCoy's deployment?

2. What is the significance of the crates in the freighter that docks in Melbourne?

3. How does Pickering respond to his promotion?

4. Why does Hart come to Pick to tell him about his father?

5. How does Fowler and Knox try to help Pickering?

6. How does Koffler respond when he finds the camp is empty?

7. Why does Hart hate Warren?

8. What is the message that Feldt receives and why does Banning dislike Mitchell?

9. What does Pickering argue about with Fowler in order to get out of the Navy?

10. What happens when the radio goes off before the invasion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Politics play a significant role in the book. Griffin refers to the politics of American naval bases compared to that of aviation. Discuss the use of politics in the novel. How does politics influence the actions of the main characters of Pickering, McCoy, and others? Also examine the use of politics in relationships.

Essay Topic 2

Pickering and McCoy are two of the most active characters in discussing their social and political beliefs.

Part 1) What is their relationship? How do they co-exist and how do they interact? What is similar about them and what is different?

Part 2) What are some events that Pickering had a direct influence upon? What are some events that McCoy had a direct influence upon?

Part 3) Which character offers support or sympathy to people that attempt to rebel against rules? Which one is stronger and why?

Essay Topic 3

Line of Fire is written primarily in the third-persona and omniscient point of view. Is this point of view more or less effective than telling the story from the first-person perspective of Pickering?

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