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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. Where does McCoy take his family out for dinner?
2. What suite do McCoy and Pick occupy that overlooks the park in New York City?
3. Who is from a very wealthy family that Pick tells McCoy about as they drive back to the base from New York City?
4. Who is the heir to a shipping and hotel fortune?
5. To whom does McCoy report for his first assignment in Intelligence?
Short Essay Questions
1. When McCoy reports for his first assignment as courier, what is he shocked to discover?
2. When McCoy is told he cannot have his car on base, how does Stecker help him out?
3. Why is Pick assigned as junior aide-de-camp to General McInerney?
4. How does Pick reveal his loyalty to his friend McCoy on Thanksgiving?
5. Why is McCoy disturbed to learn that Sage comes from a wealthy family?
6. How does Banning get married to Ludmilla "officially"?
7. How does Pick reveal his independence in his rebellion against the General and his father's interference in his military assignment?
8. Why is McCoy happy about his new assignment as courier?
9. How does Elly celebrate Stecker's promotion?
10. When Macklin is being sent home by the Marines, how and why do they assign him as a mess officer?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Death and violence appear throughout The Corps: Book 1 Semper Fi. Who dies? Who is violent? In what ways are characters violent or abusive? What is their effect on other characters and their lives? Do these characters change over time?
Essay Topic 2
The Corps: Book 1 Semper Fi is particularly effective in conveying meaning through powerful imagery. Powerful imagery establishes connections in the minds of readers with the story's characters and plot. Imagery is the picture we form in our minds of the story we read. It can involve visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, kinetic, and kinesthetic. Griffin uses imagery to translate words into a visual story that we can see and participate in within our minds. Describe the use of imagery in this novel.
Essay Topic 3
The role of women in The Corps: Book 1 Semper Fi takes on different forms and often are stereotypical. What labels do you see that Griffin associates with women? Do you think these stereotypes ring true? Do they reflect Griffin's own experiences and biases or are they an accurate reflection of the early 1940s? Do they have appeal to men or women?
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