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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 puts Henry to sleep the first night in the new camp?

2. What does Henry realize about the tattered man?

3. What does Henry wonder about seeing?

4. What rumor passing through the regiment begins the novel?

5. How does the whole scene appear to Henry?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Henry mentally separate himself from other men?

2. What is the first rumor that gets started as a result of the battle?

3. What is the reality of the situation during this first battle?

4. How does Henry realize things are not going as they should?

5. Explain Henry's concern about walking with the wounded.

6. How successful is Henry at comparing himself to other of the troops?

7. Describe how Henry's doubts and questions linger as he waits in the camp.

8. What makes Henry think the time has come for him to find out about himself?

9. How does the tattered man put another face on the victims of war?

10. How is Henry's next encounter with the dead different from his stumbling upon the single dead soldier.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about growing into maturity. Usually it is a gradual process, unlike the two day transformation of Henry. In your essay include circumstances besides war that might cause a young person to mature quickly. [e.g., parents dying in a car accident leaving an older child to care for the younger ones]

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about the responsibility of command. Use the officer who berated the lieutenant within earshot of the troops as an example of bad command. Your essay can discuss teachers who have influenced you positively or negatively by how they used their authority. Or, include any person of authority who has had a similar impact on you like a boss or relative.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about symbols that move people emotionally or cause them to act honorably. In your essay discuss symbols that particularly move you. Describe how such symbols cause reactions in people to whom they have special meaning.

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