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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. Aaron tells Dr. Beck that he predicts the _______ will win the war.

2. What is Mutterperl's job at Auschwitz?

3. Which prisoners at Oswiecim prove to be the hardest workers, according to the Commandant?

4. _________________ virtually demanded that the planes be sent out to search for Japanese ships during Midway.

5. What is the name of the family Natalie and Aaron stay with in Corte, France?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Leslie Slote surprised to see Selma at the home of Britton Treville?

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

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

4. What happens when Pamela Tudsbury goes with friends to meet her father at a club in Singapore?

5. Describe the poignant scene at the end of Chapter 23.

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

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

8. How are Byron and Natalie finally reunited in Marseilles?

9. Why does Slote's boss finally change his mind about the fate of the Jews?

10. How does Von Roon describe Hitler?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how the novel depicts the way many Americans, even those overseas, failed to understand the impact World War II was soon to have on everyone's lives.

Essay Topic 2

"Our little earth contains traces of the primordial ash of creation, powerful in handful sizes to wipe us all out: and human nature contains traces of savagery, persisting in advanced society, which can use the stuff to wipe us out." Discuss what Wouk means by this statement in the last chapter.

Essay Topic 3

Who is the true hero of War and Remembrance and why?

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