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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 have the soliders been doing in the five weeks they have been on the island?

2. How does the commanding officer describe Anopopei?

3. How many letters does the dead soldier Hennessey receive?

4. As Gallagher thinks about the past, why is he upset about the post office job?

5. In the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 5, what is Roth dreaming of when Minetta woke him up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Cummings solution to bring the men back in line and give one example of this?

2. When the men run into a snake, Wilson seems to be talking about swimming and a boat. But Brown recognizes Wilson is remembering what?

3. How are Croft and Hearn's feelings about Wilson's injury in contrast to the rules?

4. Through confusion and exhaustion, why does Martinez feel guilty in Part 3, Chapter 10?

5. How does the narrator describe the quietness of the jungle?

6. In Part 1, Chapter 2, why is Martinez compared to a deer?

7. What do the soldiers carry on their backs through the jungle and how much does it weigh?

8. What is the general mood on board of the ship as the men leave the island?

9. What is Hearn's punishment, so to speak, for questioning Cummings's division of the food?

10. Why are the officers upset about the food they receive in the Army?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

By the end of the book, the American troops learned that they had the advantage. Additionally, Cummings felt useless intelligence and incompetent men were the reason he did not feel successful. Were the reasons giving by Cummings for his feelings of failure justified? Explain you answer using examples from the book based on Cummings character and his actions.

Essay Topic 2

Red comes from a poor family and appears to have had a difficult life. As a child there were many things about life that Red did not understand, however, this changes as he becomes an adult, specifically, during his time in the Army.

1) How does Red's time on the ship prior to getting to the island relate to his childhood memories?

2) How does this time help him understand these memories?

3) Through Red's reflections, do you think he learns anything about him self during the war?

Essay Topic 3

Croft seems to have a lot of inner conflict that possibly began before the war and has only intensified since.

1) How does this conflict affect his relationships with the men in his command?

2) How does this conflict affect his relationships with men at and above his own rank?

3) If Croft was not in this story, how might the ending be different?

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