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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 is Otto's rank?
2. Who is called a coward in Chapter 4?
3. In whose cavalry does Jefferson serve?
4. Who, according to his recollection, gave Otto a gift when he joined the army?
5. Who sees Pettigrew die?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jefferson witness from his lookout point, and what important information does he overhear?
2. What is the disguise used by Jefferson and the others who accompany him to his watch post? How do they get those disguises?
3. Who explains Forrest's battle strategy and what is that strategy?
4. How and why is it important for the reader to know exactly who is narrating in Chapter 6?
5. Discuss the difference of opinion between Corporal Keller and Sgt. Buterbaugh over the soldiers who left the battlefield.
6. What conclusion does Forrest draw after joining Jefferson at his lookout point and what obstacle does he face?
7. Discuss Jefferson's thoughts and emotions when he sees the Union soldiers who had fled from battle earlier in the day.
8. How many people does Forrest lose from his cavalry unit in the Shiloh area battles? How do you know?
9. What information does Armory provide regarding the wounded? How does he feel about his fellow squad members?
10. Discuss the importance of Otto's watch.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is a genre? Discuss the genre category that best describes this novel. Explain your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Define rising action as an element of plot. Discuss in detail the rising action in the story. How does the author present it? How does the rising action flow? How does the rising action add to the suspense of the story?
Essay Topic 3
What is the primary theme of this book? What is a motif from the novel? Discuss both, explaining the difference between a theme and motif in literature.
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