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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. Where is a trial being set up?

2. What does Bentick smoke?

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

4. What are the invading soldiers trying to spread as they enter the town?

5. Who tells Annie about the townspeople who are escaping?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Joseph say to cheer up Annie before the trial?

3. What does Annie do when she gets mad at some soldiers?

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

5. What is the Mayor's purpose at Alex's trial?

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

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

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

9. What is Joseph most concerned about when the invading forces come into the house?

10. What happens immediately after the execution of Alex?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The town and country in this book were not ever named. Why do you think the author chose to withhold this information, and how did it change the feeling of the narrative.

Essay Topic 3

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this book?

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