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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. How many suits does Rico have to repair?

2. What happens to Rico when the Padre takes over?

3. What rank is Jimmy Bearpaw?

4. How many officers does MI have?

5. Who does Rico have a fight with in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rico overhear Zim and Hendrick saying?

2. Why did Dubois want corporal punishment when raising children?

3. What do the soldiers capture on Planet P?

4. Describe the Bugs.

5. What does the Psychological Warfare Corps want to do on Planet P?

6. Summarize Chapter 13.

7. Describe Rico's meeting with Carmencita.

8. Why are the recruits more shocked at a flogging than seeing death?

9. Describe meal time on Tours.

10. How does Rico deal with the shakes in the final chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Pick a character from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Why? Do the share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

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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