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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 Jack Stecker's role?

2. Who congratulates McCoy and says he thinks he will make a fine officer?

3. What does Stecker refuse and prefer to do himself?

4. Who feels out of place at the cocktail party for not being rich?

5. Who has to report to a temporary building near the Smithsonian?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Pick assigned as junior aide-de-camp to General McInerney?

2. How is Jack Stecker described in Chapter 9?

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

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

5. When McCoy reports for his first assignment as courier, what is he shocked to discover?

6. When Macklin is being sent home by the Marines, how and why do they assign him as a mess officer?

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

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

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

Griffin discusses both patriotism and war vividly in The Corps: Book 1 Semper Fi. Find some examples in the book and discuss the effect of these topics on the character of Pickering.

Essay Topic 2

Banning and McCoy are two of the most active characters in discussing their social and political beliefs and in the decision-making process for the military and espionage events that unfold in the book.

Part 1) What is their relationship? How do they co-exist and how do they interact? What is similar about them and what is different?

Part 2) What are some events that Banning had a direct influence upon? What are some events that McCoy had a direct influence upon?

Part 3) Which character offers support or sympathy to people that attempt to jump the Wall? Which one is stronger and why?

Essay Topic 3

One of the main themes in the book is ethical and social responsibility. List at least four examples where Griffin employs this specific theme. Is the battle between making ethical choices obvious or subtle? What characters are involved in this kind of battle? Do you think the right person or group won? Does good always triumph over evil in the case of The Corps: Book 1 Semper Fi ethics? Where do these definitions appear vague or incomprehensible?

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