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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 division has been created since Howard's work with transportation?

2. How do the Green Berets hang Peter-Paul from a helicopter?

3. What group is the meeting in Chapter 8 concerned with?

4. How does Howard feel about Lowell's assigned position in Chapter 8?

5. What did the building used to be that now houses the Headquarters of the XVIII Airborne Corps?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dorothy get in trouble in Chapter 13?

2. How does the interrogation of Peter-Paul begin?

3. In Chapter 11, what happens during training?

4. Why does Dorothy start to question the work Lowell does?

5. What happens to Lowell's son in Chapter 13?

6. What does Felter learn about his job in Chapter 9?

7. In Chapter 10, what do Lowell and Bellmon decide about the planes to be used in Operation Monte Christo?

8. In Chapter 8, why is the 11th Air Assault Division a topic of interest?

9. In Chapter 10, what is decided at the meeting at JFK Center?

10. While having lunch with Dorothy in Chapter 11, how does Lowell feel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is romance part of this novel? Analyze the relationship between the romantic subplots and the main plot line.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Lowell as the hero in this novel.

Essay Topic 3

How does the author use actual historical facts in this novel? How does this technique affect the novel?

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