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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 date in Chapter 7?

2. Why did Colonel Murphy leave Valley Forge?

3. At what time everyday were Taps played in Chapter 5?

4. In Chapter 6, what year was Wes in school?

5. In Chapter 8, where did Wes go to study for a semester?

Short Essay Questions

1. What family did Prothero leave behind?

2. In Chapter 6, what news did Wes get from Justin?

3. In Chapter 8, where had Wes traveled abroad, and where did he go for a semester of college?

4. Who was Colonel Battaglioli?

5. How did Wes feel when he jumped out of a plane in Chapter 7?

6. How did Wes's mother get the money for his first year at the military academy?

7. Why did Wes and Dalio have to sneak back to campus in Chapter 6?

8. What happened to the wedding party in Chapter 8 when they stopped at a 7-Eleven?

9. In Chapter 6, why did Moore get arrested?

10. What did Wes's mother tell him when he called her in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The events in the book take place mostly in Maryland and New York. What are the various settings in the book? What feelings or attitudes do these settings evoke for readers? Are the settings a neutral background, not important to the retelling of historical events or do the settings have the importance of a person in the book?

Essay Topic 2

There were many factors that shaped the men that Wes and Moore became. What were some factors that shaped the men’s lives? How did their environments influence the type of men they became?

Essay Topic 3

Genre is a way of classifying literature. What is the genre or genres of the novel and why?

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