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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 7, what birds did Bartle remember Murph saying that his father brought home?
2. Who did Murph approach in Chapter 10?
3. By August in Chapter 7, what was Bartle doing to fill his days?
4. What animals did Bartle see in the city besides a dog in Chapter 6?
5. In Chapter 9, how did Bartle see Sterling's death?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Bartle spend a great deal of time trying to identify when he noticed changes in Murph in Chapter 8?
2. Why did Sterling think that Murph was a dead man in Chapter 8?
3. What did Captain Anderson show Bartle, and what did he want to know?
4. What was the day like when the captain from C.I.D. came to see Bartle?
5. In Chapter 7, what did Bartle remember Murph telling him about some canaries?
6. What did Bartle see in Chapter 6 as he and the other men walked on line through the ragged grove?
7. In Chapter 6, why did the lieutenant stop when he saw a body on the bridge in the city?
8. In Chapter 8, what happened when a major came to Bartle's platoon area?
9. What did Sterling and Bartle do with Murph's body?
10. In Chapter 7, why did Luke call 911?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
In Chapter 1, Bartle asks the question “What kind of men are we?” (21). What does he mean by that question at that time? What responsibility does he take for that man’s death? What does this incident foreshadow about the way that Bartle makes himself responsible for the tragedies he is a part of, especially Murph’s death? What does Bartle decide about the type of man that he is?
Essay Topic 3
Snow is often mentioned in the novel. What are some times when snow is mentioned during events? What does snow symbolize in the novel?
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