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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 Mandella almost get hit by?

2. Who does Mandella think is going to cause problems?

3. What is the name of the company's ship?

4. Who propositions Mandella in this chapter?

5. What kind of store does Mandella go to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Mandella's mother's life changed since he last saw her?

2. How does the woman at the farmhouse react to Mandella's presence in Chapter 10, Part 2?

3. What are Rhonda's reasons for her sexual relationship with Mandella's mother?

4. How does the happy pill help Mandella when his ship is attacked?

5. Why can Mandella's company be called test tube babies?

6. Why does it seem that there are only two battles in the book?

7. How does the battle end in Chapter 7, Part 3?

8. What problems do Mandella and Moore identify when they explore the ship?

9. How does the army recruit in modern society in Chapter 2, Part 3?

10. Why does Diane think it will be a bad idea if Mandella kills Graubard?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Compare Haldeman's book to similar science fiction novels.

1) Which ideas has he taken from previous works?

2) How has he used these ideas to develop his own meaning?

3) In what way do you think science fiction writers have almost worked together to create logical other worlds? Would these novels make sense if the worlds they developed were entirely unique?

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