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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. Why does Mandella order his troops to the surface?

3. What does Mandella leave for his mother before he goes?

4. Who comes into the lounge to talk to Mandella?

5. With whom does Mandella's mother always leave her apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can the hospital not help Mandella's mother in Chapter 11, Part 2?

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

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

4. Why does Mandella not put an end to the distillery run by the cooks?

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

6. How have things changed when Mandela arrives back to earth in the final chapter?

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

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

9. How are the cooks making the alcohol?

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

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

Look and develop ideas such as subjective-time. Write 400 words on examining how much Haldeman's scientific ideas are based in scientific fact.

Essay Topic 3

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

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