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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 are Jackie and Errol married?

2. How much money did Pete give to Florry in a small metal safe?

3. In Chapter 41, what time limit did the state have for chancellors to decide cases?

4. Where did Joel meet Mary Ann Malouf?

5. In Chapter 34, how long did it take D and G Troops to return to base after the Stotsenburg raid?

Short Essay Questions

1. What mission did Pete and other guerrillas complete in Chapter 32?

2. In Chapter 33, how were Japanese planes destroyed?

3. What settlement do Wilbanks and Joel propose in Chapter 38?

4. Why do Joel and Stella visit their maternal grandparents in Chapter 42?

5. Who commanded the West Luzon Resistance Force?

6. How did Pete and Clay recuperate in Chapter 31 before they went on missions with the guerillas?

7. In Chapter 43, why does Joel tell Wilbanks that he probably will not take the associate's position he is offering him?

8. In Chapter 41, why does Myra not like Errol McLeish?

9. In Chapter 35, where did Pete begin healing in the United States?

10. What does the jury decide in the case in Chapter 39?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Genre is a way to classify literature into a category. What is the genre of the novel and why?

Essay Topic 2

Miscegenation laws make it illegal for blacks and whites to have sexual relationships. Why is a grand jury asked to prosecute a white man and a black woman? How does the author use irony regarding this law to make a statement, and what might that statement be?

Essay Topic 3

Pete is sentenced to be executed in the electric chair. Why are people so eager to sentence Pete to death? How and why do people have second thoughts about that decision?

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