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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 does the company do after ten days on Charon?

2. For what is the commodore likely to be court-martialed?

3. What does Cortez order everyone to do at the beginning of this section?

4. Where is Mandella called for a briefing?

5. What is spilling out of Marygay's body?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mandella save a man's life in Chapter 8?

2. Describe Sergeant Cortez.

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

4. What are the students' responses to the film?

5. How does Mandella feel towards the enemy in Chapter 15?

6. How was Mandella a success in training in Chapter 7?

7. What news does the captain bring the troops in Chapter 10?

8. What is Mandella's feeling about killing the animals in Chapter 12?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Forever War is a famous book which has greatly influenced science fiction. Choose a book written after the Forever War that you think was influenced by the novel and discuss there similarities in terms of

a) plot

b) character

c) themes.

Essay Topic 2

Choose a scene from the novel and critically analyze it in terms of the following:

1) Character development

2) Plot development.

3) Its significance to the book overall.

Essay Topic 3

The Forever War was made into a series of graphic novels. How different are the graphic novels from the book in terms of the following:

1) Themes

2) Setting

3) Character

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