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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 the name of the town in the book?

2. What does Lanser get upset with Bentick for?

3. Who sets up the furniture for the trial?

4. Who comes to the Palace all bloody after the execution?

5. What country does this book take place in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What country is Bentick enamored with, and how does he show this?

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

5. What does Tonder think of Prackle's pin-up?

6. How does Lanser view his men, and why?

7. What does Lanser say about the affects of war when it is over?

8. Why does the Mayor say he feels like he is in a balancing act between the soldiers and the town?

9. What does Orden say must be done before he will follow Lanser blindly?

10. Why does Winter think the soldiers are having a public trial for Alexander?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Belonging and security were two themes present in this book. Where did these themes appear, and which characters were most motivated by them?

Essay Topic 3

Personal identity was one of the main themes in this book. Where did this theme appear, and how did its inclusion in the novel shape the course of the plot?

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