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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 color was the bargirl's hair who Bartle saw in Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 2, what did Sterling do to Murph when he did not reply when Sterling told him to stay close to Bartle?

3. How old was the church that Bartle visited in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 4, how many streetlights had survived the battle?

5. What did Bartle's mother drive in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bartle say will happen next at the end of Chapter 1?

2. When Bartle lays down at the end of Chapter 5, what was going through his mind?

3. What was the bar like where Bartle went in the airport in Chapter 5?

4. In Chapter 1, who was Spc. Miriam Jackson, and how did she die?

5. What did Bartle notice in Chapter 5 when the plane from Germany flew over land?

6. What did Sterling do at the end of Chapter 4?

7. Where does Bartle go in Chapter 3 after he leaves the cathedral?

8. How many had the war killed by September in Chapter 1?

9. Where had Murph been before he went in the Army?

10. What happened when Sterling returned to base in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are times in the novel where the author uses foreshadowing to hint at events to come in the story. How does the author use foreshadowing to reveal future events and to create suspense?

Essay Topic 2

Sterling had been in three previous tours in Iraq, and he seems to be a battle-hardened soldier. How is Sterling described by Bartle? What do his actions seem to say about the man? Why can Sterling be described as a tough, but gentle man?

Essay Topic 3

Murph’s father took some canaries from the mine and tried to set them free. What did the canaries do when they were set free? What do those canaries symbolize in the novel?

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