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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 realize that every one of his soldiers is?

2. What kind of store does Mandella go to?

3. What do Mandella and Moore drink in the officer's lounge?

4. What kind of business are the cooks running?

5. What do the Taurans fire at the humans?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Taurans try and defeat the humans when their darts don't work?

2. What is the happy pill?

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

4. What is Mandella's mother's condition when he arrives back in Washington in Chapter 11, Part 2?

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

6. What do Marygay and Mandella decide on the phone in Chapter 9, Part 2?

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

8. Why do Mandella and Charlie decide against the idea of evacuating all personnel into the stasis field?

9. Why are there no Help Wanted ads in the newspaper?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine homosexuality in the novel. Is it a feasible idea that the majority of the population could become homosexual? What would have to change on today's Earth for that to happen?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Haldeman's life. In what way do you think his life and personality are reflected in the book?

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