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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 8, how long had a solider been in Iraq who was with Murph trying to revive a female medic?
2. What color car did the captain from C.I.D. drive in Chapter 9?
3. What injuries were there from the blast in the city in Chapter 6?
4. Why did the lieutenant stop in Chapter 6 when he saw a dead body on the bridge in the city?
5. What bird did Bartle hear as Captain Anderson questioned him in Chapter 9?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 8, what happened when a major came to Bartle's platoon area?
2. In Chapter 6, what regret does Bartle have over not going to Murph when Murph was kneeling next to a private who was killed?
3. In Chapter 9, how would Bartle spend his mornings?
4. What was Bartle's life like at the beginning of Chapter 9?
5. What did Bartle and Murph do when a female medic was killed at the end of Chapter 8?
6. How did a cartwright lead the soldiers to Murph's body?
7. What was the only exercise that Bartle was getting at the beginning of Chapter 7?
8. What did the soliders find in the alley in Chapter 10?
9. What was Bartle doing at the beginning of Chapter 7?
10. In Chapter 7, what did Bartle remember Murph telling him about some canaries?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Although in his early 20s, Bartle is still a boy at the beginning of the novel. Explain how the experiences that Bartle endures change him from a boy to a person tortured by the past to a man able to face the future.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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