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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 2, what color does Bartle say that Mrs. Murphy's hair was when he met her for the first time?

2. In Chapter 3, what town did Bartle go to in a taxi cab?

3. In Chapter 3, how much time had passed since Bartle left the war?

4. In Chapter 1, how did Bartle and Murph stay awake?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Bartle describe the bargirl he meets in Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 1, who was Malik and what happened to him?

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

4. How does Bartle describe the lieutenant in Chapter 1?

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

6. In Chapter 2, how did the days pass as Bartle and Murph's ship-out date approached?

7. In Chapter 1, what had Bartle, Murph, and the other soldiers been doing for four days?

8. Why did a colonel come to the area where Bartle was in Chapter 4?

9. At the end of Chapter 2, what did Sterling do to Bartle and why?

10. What did the cathedral look like in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Murph’s mind snaps, which leads to his death. What are the circumstances that lead to Murph’s breakdown? Why is Murph not able to deal with the horror of war that other soldiers are able to deal with?

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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