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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 military base Camp LeJuene located?

2. Which of the following words does not belong in the SERE training definition?

3. What is the name of the admiral who gets off the helicopter on John's island just after Pam's death?

4. What body of water is the island that John leases located in?

5. Which of the following men do not evaluate the first reconnaissance photos found by the Cody-193 drone?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Angelo's murder upset Henry Tucker?

2. How does John know Admiral Maxwell?

3. How does John end up at Johns Hopkins hospital in Chapter 7?

4. How is Oreza's drug bust on a boat described in Chapter 9?

5. What does Sarah tell John that she would like to do for Pam in regard to her drug addiction?

6. How is Maxwell and Podulski's meeting at the Memorial Day celebration at Arlington cemetery described?

7. How did John and Pam first meet?

8. How is Zacharias's time as a prisoner of war first described in the book?

9. How does Colonel Jack Tait die in the book?

10. What is the nature of Admiral Maxwell's visit to John on Battery Island?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the role of money in the book. What is telling of the repercussions one must face for money based on the methods used by Henry Tucker to become successful and his death later because of it?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the portrayal of war in the book. What role does the Vietnam War play? What appears to be the author's opinion of this war?

Essay Topic 3

The concept of remorse is a significant part of the story and is even the subject of the book's title.

Part 1.) Does John appear to have any remorse for his actions towards Henry's drug thugs and enemies in war?

Part 2.) What correlation does being remorseful have in terms of acting with humanity? Does John lack the ability to be humane, or did he think he was helping the greater good by killing others?

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