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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. Why did the lieutenant stop in Chapter 6 when he saw a dead body on the bridge in the city?
2. What did Sterling and Bartle do with Murph's body?
3. In Chapter 8, what does Sterling carve into an ax handle?
4. After the battle for the orchard, what bird did Bartle hear when he and the other soldiers moved on?
5. In Chapter 7, what type of orchard did Bartle remember Murph telling him that his family had?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Captain Anderson show Bartle, and what did he want to know?
2. In Chapter 6, as Bartle and the other men stormed the orchard, what did they see when the bullets started being fired?
3. What did the soliders find in the alley in Chapter 10?
4. How did Bartle describe the location of his mother's house?
5. What did Bartle and Murph do when a female medic was killed at the end of Chapter 8?
6. What was Bartle's life like at the beginning of Chapter 9?
7. What did Sterling and Bartle do with Murph's body?
8. What did Bartle take with him and what did he do with the items when Captain Anderson arrested him?
9. In Chapter 7, what did Bartle remember Murph telling him about some canaries?
10. In Chapter 6, why did the lieutenant stop when he saw a body on the bridge in the city?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Before a battle Sterling begins spreading salt on the ground. What things does Sterling cover with the salt? What does he say about what he is doing? Why does Sterling sprinkle the salt? What does the salt symbolize?
Essay Topic 2
Murph begins spending time watching a female medic near the medic station. Why does Murph begin spending time watching the female medic? How much gentleness and kindness does Murph have in his life as a soldier? What does the girl represent to Murph, and why does he watch her?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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