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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. What nationality is Rabinovitz?

2. Natalie, Aaron and Louis are staying with a plumber named _____________ in Marseilles.

3. Von Roon writes that the Allies met the Japanese at Guadalcanal where ____of the eleven Japanese ships sank.

4. Where do Warren Henry and his wife Janice live at the beginning of War and Remembrance?

5. Aaron tells Beck he does not want to be like whom in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Doolittle Raid and why was it pivotal in the outcome in the war?

2. What does Roon write that the battle of Midway indicated?

3. How does Von Roon describe Hitler?

4. What information about the Devilfish does Pug learn during his conversation with Talky in a Honolulu hotel?

5. Why does Selma Ascher catch the eye of Leslie Slote at a function in Bern?

6. What does Roon note in his document was the difference between the desires of the president and that of the American people?

7. Why does Byron decide not to trust Luke Babbage with information about Natalie?

8. Where is Byron Henry, Natalie's husband, at the beginning of War and Remembrance?

9. How does Pug view his sons, especially as he knows they will soon be in combat?

10. Why do Aaron's efforts to get out of Italy suddenly seem more urgent in Chapter 29?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the final thoughts Wouk leaves the reader with after the long journey through World War II.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Wouk highlights many of the harsh realities of the plight of the Jews during World War II through the story of Natalie and Aaron.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Aaron and Natalie's train trip from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz is an allegorical journey showing how horrific the end was for the Jews sent to the death camps.

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