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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 the name of the Geary County Sheriff's dispatcher in Chapter 12?

2. In Chapter 15, what is the topic of the dinner that General Chiarelli will be hosting?

3. How long is the treatment program at Pathway Home?

4. In Chapter 12, where do Theresa and Tausaloa live?

5. In Chapter 10, when does Kristy remember that Jessie had them drive to her parents' house?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what is revealed about Fred's school years up to when he began working for the VA?

2. In Chapter 14, what was Shawnee Hoffman doing the night that Danny killed himself and what did she find when she came home?

3. What happens to Jaxson at the end of Chapter 14?

4. In Chapter 9, what does Drew Edwards remember about the bombing in Iraq and his injuries?

5. How did Jessie and Kristy meet?

6. In Chapter 9, why did Tim Jung not commit suicide?

7. In Chapter 13, how does the area around Pathway Home unnerve and seduce Adam?

8. What job does Saskia get in Chapter 11?

9. What does Fred Gusman remember about his father in Chapter 13?

10. Who is Salvatore A. Giunta?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Adam is better after the Pathway program, but not cured. Why is Adam better, but not cured after the Pathway program? What is revealed about Adam’s healing process and the possibility of relapse? What role will the healing process have for the rest of Adam's life?

Essay Topic 2

Sometimes Saskia is empathetic with her husband, and other times she just wants him to buck up and get better. Why does Saskia struggle with empathy toward her husband? Why does she think other men like Michael Emory have it so much worse? Why is it so difficult for Saskia to understand Adam’s injuries and what he is going through?

Essay Topic 3

Adam and other soldiers experience flashbacks. How do these flashbacks affect Adam and the other men? Why is gaining control of the flashbacks essential to the healing process?

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