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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 is Billy's unit called?

2. When Billy needs his gas mask, what happens?

3. What does Harrington attempt and fail at while at war?

4. What smell reminds Billy of home?

5. What type of weather does Dr. Rivers remember from Eddystone?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is ironic about Billy's death?

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

5. Who is with Hallett during his death?

6. Describe the responsibilities Billy has amassed, by Part 3, Chapter 15.

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

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

9. What smell brings Billy joy and why?

10. Who is Ngea? Describe his death.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Tension is a driving force behind The Ghost Road. Analyze the use of tension in the novel.

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