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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 does Sato say he witnessed during the war in Section 4, Chapter 9?

2. What does Jack Rainbow's widow do with Dorrigo's delivery after he departs in Section 4, Chapter 13?

3. Who tells Dorrigo that he must choose 100 men to send to another camp in Section 5, Chapter 16?

4. How many prisoners are missing from the work station when the soldiers first count them in Section 3, Chapter 19?

5. What word from Section 3 refers to a person who leads an austerely simple life dedicated to the pursuit of contemplative ideals?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Nakamura's death described in Section 5, Chapter 5? What final haiku has he written?

2. What happens when Nakamura enters the room with the prostitute in Section 4, Chapter 2?

3. How are the lives of the POWs described after they return home from the war in Section 4, Chapter 4?

4. Where is Nakamura living in the beginning of Section 4, Chapter 1? How are his circumstances described?

5. What information does the reader learn about Amy's past in Section 5, Chapter 10? How did Amy avoid getting killed at the pub?

6. How is Dorrigo's visit with Jack Rainbow's widow described in Section 4, Chapter 12?

7. How is Dorrigo's death described in Section 5, Chapter 17? Where does he die?

8. What are Amy's current circumstances like in Section 5, Chapter 10?

9. Where do Jimmy Bigelow and other former POWs go to pay homage to Darky Gardiner after the war in Section 4, Chapter 5? What do they do?

10. How is the significance of Jimmy Bigelow's bugle revealed in Section 5, Chapter 14? What happens to the bugle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the setting established in Section 1, Chapters 1-2. What town does Dorrigo’s family live in? How big is it? How important is the setting to the story? What is the importance of this setting to Dorrigo?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the characters of Jimmy Bigelow, Rabbit Hendricks, and Lizard Brancussi in the novel. What is each of these men’s talent? What attributes stand out for each character? Which of the characters in the novel do you most relate to? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the symbolic significance of Rabbit’s sketchbook following his death in the novel. Who places the sketchbook into the cremation fire? Who takes the sketchbook when it “leaps” from the flames? What does this object come to mean to that character?

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