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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. Where do Mandella and Marygay ride their bicycles to?
2. What kind of business are the cooks running?
3. What part of Marygay's body is missing?
4. Who propositions Mandella in this chapter?
5. Who does Mandella think killed Graubard?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do the Taurans try and defeat the humans when their darts don't work?
2. Why does Diane think it will be a bad idea if Mandella kills Graubard?
3. How does the army recruit in modern society in Chapter 2, Part 3?
4. Why does Mandella not put an end to the distillery run by the cooks?
5. What is Mandella's problem with Hilleboe in Chapter 3, Part 3?
6. What was the Pacifist Movement?
7. How have things changed when Mandela arrives back to earth in the final chapter?
8. What does Mandella do immediately upon arriving at Stargate?
9. How has Mandella's mother's life changed since he last saw her?
10. What are Rhonda's reasons for her sexual relationship with Mandella's mother?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 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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