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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 do people encourage Prackle to become?

2. What does Lanser say the Mayor must do to save his people?

3. How does Lanser have the men who injured one of his officers found?

4. How many of the town's soldiers are killed when it is invaded?

5. How many lieutenants are on the panel to judge Alex?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes the townspeople turn against Correll?

2. What does Correll give the soldiers in his town at the beginning of the book?

3. What is Madame most worried about when the invading forces come into the house?

4. How does Lanser request his meeting with the Mayor?

5. What is Alex's defense at his trial?

6. How does Lanser say he knows something bad is coming before the trial?

7. How does the narrator describe Loft?

8. What does Lanser beg the Mayor to do when he first invades the town and why?

9. What does Lanser say that let the Mayor know he had been in war situations before?

10. How does the Mayor say Lanser broke the law?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

The Mayor endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does he learn through these experiences?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is another strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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