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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 do the green animals look like?

2. What causes broken bones during the journey?

3. What is Mandella's rank in the opening chapter?

4. What is the name of the company's sergeant on Charon?

5. What does Marygay say Mandella's grenades took out?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the novel open?

4. How has Stargate changed since the last time Mandella was there?

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

6. Describe the journey to Charon.

7. Describe Sergeant Cortez.

8. What advantages and disadvantages do the human have in fighting the Taurans?

9. Describe the battle against the Taurans in Chapter 15.

10. With what have the platoon commanders been pre-programmed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a 500-word essay that examines and answers the following question: How does Haldeman create a futuristic world, different from our own, while still making it understandable to the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Haldeman use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Look and develop ideas such as subjective-time. Write 400 words on examining how much Haldeman's scientific ideas are based in scientific fact.

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