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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 Cortez order everyone to do at the beginning of this section?

2. What kind of conditioning have the troops gone through?

3. Why does Mandella think that morale is low on the ship?

4. What kind of bomb destroys the Tauran's vessel?

5. What do the troops first learn to do in the suits?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Sergeant Cortez.

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

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

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

5. How does Mandella try and help Marygay as they wait for a medic?

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

7. What are Cortez's feelings about killing the animals?

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

9. How have things changed at the beginning of Chapter 1, Part 2?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the twist ending. Choose one scene in the book and discuss how the twist ending changes your perception of that scene.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

The Forever War is the first and main part of the Forever War series.

1) What is the overall theme of the series? What part does the Forever play in developing that theme?

2) What ideas and characters does the author develop that can be used in forthcoming books? How do you think these ideas and characters will develop through the series?

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