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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 the Russian private to do?

2. Who leads Platoon Two?

3. What does Mandella notice on Marygay's leg?

4. What is the name of Mandella's team?

5. What are both Mandella and Potter leading?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does the novel open?

7. Why are the reasons for the army maintaining a strict level of discipline during their journey in Chapter 6?

8. Describe a fighting suit.

9. What two things does Captain Stott tell the troops on Charon?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick a character from the novel and discuss his/her goals and motives. Does he/she achieve his/her motives? Why? Does he/she share similar goals and motives with other characters? Does his/her goals clash with other characters? How do the character's goals and motives affect his/her interactions with each other?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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