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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. Who is waiting to see Stecker in his office when he returns from the shooting range?

2. In what year is Banning sent to the Philippines?

3. Who checks out the Garand with a series of tests and concludes that it is a reliable rifle?

4. Who receives severance pay while he is in jail for being drunk?

5. Who is upset that McInerney said that McCoy had to move out because Intelligence might start questioning the assignment?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Banning get married to Ludmilla "officially"?

2. Why is Pick upset with Intelligence regarding McCoy's reassignment and moving?

3. Why does McCoy advise Pick to not be too chummy at the Platoon Leader's Course?

4. When McCoy visits his family, who does he meet and why do they think he is successful?

5. How does Stecker act on McCoy's behalf at graduation?

6. What are two odd experiences McCoy has in the building when he arrives to work in intelligence?

7. When McCoy is told he cannot have his car on base, how does Stecker help him out?

8. What happens when McCoy runs into Macklin at Quantico?

9. Why does Stecker want to help McCoy on the base?

10. How does Stecker realize that the trouble with the Garand rifle and the tests is not McCoy but due to Macklin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Corps: Book 1 Semper Fi is a classic military fiction novel. What does that classification entail? Why does this novel fit into this category?

Essay Topic 2

The Corps: Book 1 Semper Fi is written primarily in the third-person and omniscient point of view. Is this point of view more or less effective than telling the story from the first-person perspective of McCoy?

Essay Topic 3

Compare The Corps: Book 1 Semper Fi with another of Griffin's books in his combat series. Which is, in your opinion, better? Explain. What future scenarios might you want to see in upcoming books? Which characters would you like to see portrayed?

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