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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. Who is this beautiful woman?

2. What does Marco do upon returning from Korea?

3. What do Raymond and Jocie begin?

4. What do the Marco and Raymond do when Raymond finds out about the fight between Marco and Chunjin?

5. Iselin brings Marco's plan to bring about his own court-martial to the attention of whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Marco and Chunjin get into a fight?

2. What happens when the President gives Shaw his medal?

3. Describe the sanitarium.

4. How does Iselin's story change?

5. What does Marco tell Rosie?

6. What does Lieutenant General Nils Jorgenson do when Iselin brings Marco's plan to his attention?

7. Why is Raymond taken to this sanitarium?

8. How does Marco meet Rosie?

9. What happens to the American soldiers during this mission?

10. What does Raymond think about his boss?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A wide range of emotions are expressed in this story.

Part 1) Give four examples of emotions and when they are expressed.

Part 2) What is the purpose of this spectrum of emotions?

Part 3) How do these emotions reflect the feelings of those living at this time in history? How might it affect readers differently today? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Ben Marco is Raymond's good friend.

Part 1) Why might Marco be friends with him?

Part 2) What does Marco realize about Raymond? Does he try to help Raymond? Why or why not?

Part 3) Do you believe that Marco was acting as Raymond's friend at the end of the story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Foreshadowing is used frequently in this book.

Part 1) Give two examples. What do these examples foreshadow?

Part 2) What is the purpose of foreshadowing?

Part 3) How does the foreshadowing in this book enhance the story for the reader?

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