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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 10, how many dogs did a man have who was hooking up a three-legged mule to a cart?

2. What animals did Bartle see in the city besides a dog in Chapter 6?

3. In Chapter 6, how did Bartle describe the enemy they found dead?

4. In Chapter 8, how many days after the fight in the orchard did a major come to Bartle's platoon?

5. In Chapter 7, what smells did Bartle remember from Iraq?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did a cartwright lead the soldiers to Murph's body?

2. What did Captain Anderson show Bartle, and what did he want to know?

3. What was Bartle's life like at the beginning of Chapter 9?

4. In Chapter 8, what happened when a major came to Bartle's platoon area?

5. In Chapter 7, what did Bartle remember Murph telling him about some canaries?

6. In Chapter 7, why did Luke call 911?

7. In Chapter 6, as Bartle and the other men stormed the orchard, what did they see when the bullets started being fired?

8. In Chapter 6, what did the city look like when Bartle and the other men walked through it?

9. What did Bartle and Murph do when a female medic was killed at the end of Chapter 8?

10. What did Sterling and Bartle do with Murph's body?

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

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 3

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?

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