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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 is Njiru when the headhunt is complete?

2. Who dies at the end of Part 3, Chapter 18?

3. What happens to Billy in battle, as he heads across the water?

4. Where is Billy assigned to fight at the end of Part 3, Chapter 15?

5. In Dr. Rivers' dream about Ngea's widow, whose face is she wearing in hut?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Billy reminded of Craiglockhart in Part 3, Chapter 15?

2. What is Billy struggling with emotionally at the beginning of Part 3, Chapter 17?

3. What provokes Dr. Rivers's dreams of Njiru?

4. What smell brings Billy joy and why?

5. Describe what happens in Dr. Rivers dream in Part 2, Chapter 12, when the conch shell is blown.

6. What is a gas captain and who performs the duty?

7. Who is with Hallett during his death?

8. By Part 3, Chapter 16, why is Dr. Rivers one of the few doctors that remain practicing?

9. Describe Dr. Rivers's response in his feverish dreams to Emele's mourning.

10. What is ironic about Billy's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sarah engages in sexual activity with Billy, an unconventional move for this era. Examine the different motivations that lead Sarah to break her chastity.

Essay Topic 2

World War I motivates everything that happens within The Ghost Road.

1) What are some obvious ways the characters are affected by war? What are more subtle ways?

2) Which character is the most affected by the war? The least?

Essay Topic 3

Billy's sexual experiences are both heterosexual and homosexual in nature.

1) Does Sarah know Billy is having sexual relations with others? How would she respond if she did?

2) How does Billy treat sex with strangers?

3) What motivates Billy to have sexual relations with men?

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