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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Cortez say that capital punishment is the only punishment for not following orders?
(a) Because that is the way it is
(b) Because it makes people listen
(c) Because they cannot afford to lose the war
(d) Because disobedience means death anyway

2. Why does Mandella think that morale is low on the ship?
(a) They need initimacy.
(b) They have been there too long.
(c) They need real life.
(d) They get no exercise.

3. What do the troops have to build on darkside?
(a) Sleeping quarters
(b) A bunker
(c) A base
(d) A bridge

4. What do the troops leave on the floor once the hole is deep enough?
(a) A timed bomb
(b) A Tauran
(c) A hydrogen bomb
(d) A Russian

5. Who briefs the troops when they arrive in Stargate?
(a) The president
(b) The Earth king
(c) The sub-major
(d) The resident general

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of his body does the private next to Mandella lose?

2. What does Mandella order his troops into?

3. What do the troops have that is more advanced than the Taurans?

4. Who leads Mandella's team?

5. What does Cortez order the Russian private to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the heating mechanisms turned off in the opening chapter?

2. What shots are the troops given in Chapter 2, Part 1?

3. How does the novel open?

4. Describe the journey to Charon.

5. How have the Taurens improved their technology since the last meeting?

6. What has happened to Marygay at the beginning of Chapter 4, Part 2?

7. What are the companies' orders once they reach the planet?

8. What problems does Mandella voice about Potter at the beginning of Chapter 7?

9. Why does Cortez state capital punishment is usually unnecessary?

10. What does the company do on the third day?

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