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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. Hearn has a number of undesirable characteristics. What is one of them mentioned in Part 2, Chapter 3?

2. During Part 1, Chapter 1, what does Wilson daydream of doing on the island?

3. How does Brown's feelings about women affect Stanley?

4. How many times did Wilson say he has had venereal disease?

5. What natural landmark is on the island?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Minetta's plan to be moved to the mental ward backfire?

4. Why do the men continue to march up the mountain despite their attempts and threats to quit?

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

6. Describe the men's tents.

7. Why were the soldiers in so much shock when Hearn is shot?

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

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

10. Why does Red reject Hearn's offer to be promoted to corporal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Give an full analytical critique of this book. Be sure to include information about the use of literary tools such as setting, mood, themes, etc. Do not just write that you liked or disliked the book. You must provide examples to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the book, the reader is shown glimpses of the men's lives back home. How does the author use the literary tool of flashback throughout the novel? Is the presence of flashback used effectively, and what does it provide for the reader?"

Essay Topic 3

Racism is seen throughout this book. Discuss this issue in terms of the time period of the book. Would this behavior be accepted today, even in the throws of war?

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