View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was driving a car in Chapter 1, whose occupants were killed by Sterling and the other soldiers?

2. In Chapter 4 after the colonel's speech, what percent security did the LT say the troops would be on?

3. In Chapter 1, what color jalopies did people ride in in Al Tafar?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what time was it when Bartle woke for his shift?

5. In Chapter 4, what had Bartle and the other soldiers been fighting over for the last few nights?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, how did Bartle compare Murph and Sterling?

2. How did Bartle remember Mrs. Murphy's appearance in Chapter 2?

3. What does Bartle say about Sterling in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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

8. How did Bartle describe a photograph that he saw of Murph and his girlfriend?

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

10. What did Murph and Bartle hear in Chapter 4 as the night grew cool?

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

Bartle does not feel at home when he returns to his mother’s house in Virginia. What does Bartle’s homecoming reveal about home as a place or a state of mind? What is home at that point in the novel for Bartle?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 4, Bartle mentions how they would throw candy to children who would become their enemies in the future. What is Bartle referring to when he makes that comment? What does the comment reveal about war and its futility?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 824 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample