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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 rank has Potter been promoted to in this chapter?

2. Why does the general think Mandella and Marygay should stay in the army?

3. Where does Mandella stop for a drink?

4. Who briefs the troops when they arrive in Stargate?

5. Which of the following words best describes the Tauran ship?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Examine Earth from Haldeman's idea that everyone is cloned and has a collective conscience.

1) How would such an environment affect people's relationships?

2) How would it benefit the government?

3) Who do you think the government would choose to clone and why?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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