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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 6, what was in the middle of a bridge when Bartle and the other soldiers were going through the city?

2. In Chapter 9, how did Bartle see Sterling's death?

3. Where was Murph found in Chapter 10?

4. In Chapter 6 after Bartle was pulled to the orchard floor, what position did voices call out for the men to start shooting?

5. What injuries were there from the blast in the city in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 was Bartle doing at the beginning of Chapter 7?

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

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

6. Why did Sterling think that Murph was a dead man in Chapter 8?

7. What did Bartle spend a great deal of time trying to identify when he noticed changes in Murph in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

The novel takes place in various locations around the world. Where are some places where the novel takes place? How is the narrative affected by the settings? How is this particularly true by the setting at the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

On page 13, Bartle sees death as an affirmation of his life and the lives of the other soldiers. Why does he see death as an affirmation of his life and the lives of the other soldiers at that time? How does his view of death change throughout the course of the novel? What is his view of death at the novel’s conclusion?

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