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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 Dr. Potter say brought tears to his eyes?

2. Where does Myrtle find George asleep?

3. Whose relationship do Potter and Jones talk about the next day?

4. Where does Myrtle land near when she falls from her horse?

5. What kind of animal is Jones forced to shoot?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dr. Potter's hallucination.

2. Why do the soldiers set up camp above the Tchernaya valley?

3. Why does Jones describe himself as a circus animal?

4. How does Potter ruin the dinner with the captains?

5. How do the group members keep their minds away from the hardships they witness and experience in Varna?

6. In what way is Myrtle's character strengthened in the fourth chapter?

7. Summarize the fifth chapter.

8. Why does Dr. Potter think Myrtle is an interesting subject as far as fate is concerned?

9. How does Pompey prove he is in love with Myrtle?

10. What reason does Dr. Potter give Myrtle for marrying Beatrice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author wrote Master Georgie in the first person, but with three different narrators. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the first person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the third person? What meaning does it give the story that Bainbridge uses three different narrators?

Essay Topic 2

Pick two characters from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the structure of the novel.

1. How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

2. Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

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