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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. Why does Zim make an example of Jenkins?

2. What do the new recruits have to do at dawn?

3. Which two characters celebrate their birthdays?

4. What does the sergeant suggest Rico and Carl should try instead of the army?

5. What does Zim give Rico before he is flogged?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the fleet sergeant think Rico has done well to joint the MI?

2. What is Rico's job upon landing?

3. How do Rico's parents receive the news that he is going to join the army?

4. Why does the fleet sergeant discourage the two boys from joining the army?

5. What does a soldier use his facial muscles for inside a power suit?

6. What is Rico's responsibility in Chapter 6?

7. What is the best way to fight the Bugs?

8. In what way does the army make things tough for the recruits?

9. Describe Sergeant Zim.

10. What is Rico's father's problem with Rico joining the army?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How will Rico's character change now he is becoming more disciplined as a person? Would Rico have leaned discipline if he had gone to Harvard University instead of the army? Do the students think such discipline is necessary for everyday life? How will Rico cope once he is back in society?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the characters of Ace and Rico.

1) In what way are their ideas different?

2) What is their relationship to each other?

3) Which one do you think would make the better officer and why?

Essay Topic 3

In 1998 Starship Troopers was made into a film directed by Paul Verhoeven. How different is the film from the book? Why do you think Verhoeven changed the ideas from the book so much? Could he have successfully made a film that was more directly like the book?

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