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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. How much do the mannequins the marines use for practice at Quantico weigh?

2. What is the name of the state police captain that Oreza calls after deciding that Charon is the spy in the police?

3. What is the name of the man that Peter Henderson meets at a bar and tells him about his friend George?

4. What was the name of the operation John worked with the man who recognizes John at Quantico?

5. Who does Ritter and Greer interrogate on the flight back to the U.S. from Vietnam?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of John's conversation with Hick's in regard to Boxwood Green?

2. How does the military use the USS Constellation as a diversion in operation Boxwood Green?

3. How does John plan on getting to land from the USS Ogden during Phase One of Boxwood Green?

4. How is Boxwood Green first described to the troops training for the mission?

5. What does John do with Doris after finding her with Billy in a building?

6. How does Henry Tucker find out about Doris going to the police about Pam's death?

7. How is Peter Henderson's first meeting with a man named Marvin at a restaurant described in the book?

8. What is the nature of Henry and Tony's meeting just after Doris's murder?

9. What is the nature of the conversation between John and Irvin in regard to operation Plastic Flower?

10. How is Eddie Morello killed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the portrayal of violence in the book. How does violence play a dual role in with it sometimes appearing necessary for the greater good and other times being unnecessary and cruel?

Essay Topic 2

The author offers several examples of imprisonment throughout the book in both literal and figurative senses.

Part 1.) What can we learn about prisoners of war based on the portrayal of Zacharias and Sender Green in the book?

Part 2.) How does the author portray John as being in a prison within his own mind and what impact does this mentality have on his actions towards others?

Part 3.) What is different about the imprisonment faced by Pam and the other women held by Henry Tucker? How is this imprisonment more severe than the others?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the author's portrayal of the military. How does the author help put the reader into the military mindset, and what are we able to learn about the nature of this group based on their actions in the Boxwood Green mission?

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