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

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

3. Billy is afraid his battalion will do what in Part 3, Chapter 17?

4. What animal does Dr. Rivers see on his visit with Njiru?

5. When does Emele leave the mourning hut?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Billy's state of mind in Part 2, Chapter 13?

3. What smell brings Billy joy and why?

4. What are many of Dr. Rivers's patients seeing in Part 3, Chapter 16?

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

6. Who is with Hallett during his death?

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

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

9. Who is Ngea? Describe his death.

10. What is ironic about Billy's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Billy's is clear on what he does not want to do with his life, but less clear on what he does want to do.

1) What does Billy not want to do with his life?

2) What does Billy choose to do instead? How does this choice help him grow as a person? What responsibilities does it offer?

3) What positive character traits develop in Billy, due to this final experience in the war?

Essay Topic 3

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

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