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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. In Chapter 5, what did a bartender show Bartle when he wanted to pay for his beer?
2. At the end of Chapter 1, who tried to drag the body of a dead old woman?
3. What did Bartle get free on the plane to Richmond in Chapter 5?
4. In Chapter 4, what color was Murph's girlfriend's hair?
5. In Chapter 4, what did a runner bring from battalion headquarters?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Sterling do at the end of Chapter 4?
2. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what were conditions like for Bartle?
3. What happened when Sterling returned to base in Chapter 3?
4. In Chapter 1, what had Bartle, Murph, and the other soldiers been doing for four days?
5. What does Bartle say will happen next at the end of Chapter 1?
6. What did Bartle think about when he looked at the battalion scattered throughout the plane from Germany?
7. What did Bartle notice in Chapter 5 when the plane from Germany flew over land?
8. Why did a colonel come to the area where Bartle was in Chapter 4?
9. What was the bar like where Bartle went in the airport in Chapter 5?
10. What does Bartle say about Sterling in Chapter 2?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Mood in a novel is the overall feeling that readers have when they read a story. How does the author create mood in the novel? What is the overall mood in the book?
Essay Topic 2
The novel takes place in various locations around the world. Where are some places where the novel takes place? How is the narrative affected by the settings? How is this particularly true by the setting at the end of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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