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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. Who does Billy write a letter to at the end of Part 3, Chapter 17?

2. Where does Dr. Rivers visit with Njiru, following Ngea's death?

3. What does blowing the conch shell do for the chief's widow?

4. Does Dr. Rivers plan to interfere with Emele's crouching stance?

5. How much longer does Billy think the war will continue?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Based on Billy's diary, describe a typical day in France for Billy.

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

4. How long must Ngea's widow remain in mourning and what does the mourning entail?

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

6. What is headhunting?

7. Who is Ngea? Describe his death.

8. After Ngea's seance, what is left on Dr. Rivers's pillow? What does it signify?

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

10. What smell brings Billy joy and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Citing examples from the text, create an argument for or against the following statement:

"Through death, Billy received his comeuppance for not appreciating his life."

Essay Topic 2

Examine the role of responsibility and how it affects the characters is The Ghost Road.

1) Who does Dr. Rivers feel responsible for? Why?

2) How does Billy's sense of responsibility grow and develop throughout the novel?

3) What is the war responsible for?

Essay Topic 3

The weather serves as a constant backdrop within The Ghost Road. Analyze the weather and its various developments in the novel.

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