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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. Where is the English soldier from who comes toward Joey in Chapter 16?
2. In Chapter 10, when do Joey and Topthorn have to bring back a heavier load than ever before?
3. Who makes fun of Albert for talking to Joey in Chapter 17?
4. What scares Joey away from Topthorn and Friedrich in Chapter 15?
5. In Chapter 15, where is Joey caught by barbed wire?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Friedrich?
2. In Chapter 10, what does a soldier give Joey and Topthorn?
3. In Chapter 12, what is hauling guns like for Joey and Topthorn?
4. In Chapter 15, what finally makes Joey move away from Topthorn and Friedrich's bodies?
5. How does Friedrich take a particular liking to Topthorn?
6. How does the war move away in Chapter 11?
7. How do Joey and Topthorn feel during the summer in Chapter 10?
8. Where are Joey and Topthorn taken in Chapter 9, and who is the only one who seems to know what to do with them?
9. In Chapter 16, who comes to help Joey, and how is it decided where Joey will go?
10. What horses do Joey and Topthorn pull the guns with in Chapter 12?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A German and a Welshman peaceably agree who will take Joey from no-man’s land. How do a German and a Welshman solve the problem of who will take Joey from no-man’s land? What does their argument reveal about peaceable ways to resolve conflicts?
Essay Topic 2
The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does the story take place? Is the setting simply a backdrop to the story and characters or does it take on the role of a character?
Essay Topic 3
Allusions are figures of speech used when an author mentions a person, place, or thing, but does not provide background information about the person, place, or thing. What are some allusions that the author uses in the book? Is research required to understand the allusions the author makes? Does the use of allusions make understanding what is happening difficult?
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