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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. When Marcy announces that she is going back to work, how close is the court martial?
2. What day is Tyson's court martial hearing set for?
3. What reason does Marcy give to Ben for why she needs to go back to work?
4. When the first witness is called at the trial, what does Corva have to decide?
5. As the hearing is getting underway, what does Corva object to Steven Brandt being referred to as?
Short Essay Questions
1. Tyson and Corva have the option of eliminating one member from the panel that serves as the jury for the court martial. What do Tyson and Corva base their elimination decision on?
2. As the court martial approaches, what does Corva remind Tyson will happen if Tyson is ordered to tell the truth?
3. When the court martial gets underway, Corva makes an announcement that draws criticism. Why was Corva criticized for his announcement?
4. When Tyson takes his turn to make a statement, what does he say?
5. As Tyson and his platoon left the hospital after the massacre, why was Tyson relieved that they had Crane's body with them?
6. When Harper tells Tyson that several of his old platoon members have "finally" been located, what does Tyson believe?
7. What does Picard believe that Brandt lied to him about?
8. Summarize the closing arguments of both Pierce and Corva.
9. What is one of Ben's main objections to Marcy's plans to return to work?
10. As Corva and Tyson leave the conference room to head into the hearing, Corva tells Tyson that the witnesses seem like good men. What is Tyson's response?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Vincent Corva and Farnley Gilmer.
a. How are the two characters similar in terms of their professional lives? How are they different?
b. How are the two characters similar in their personality characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses? How are they different?
c. Looking forward, how might Tyson's court martial have affected each of these men as they moved forward with their lives? Would they be similarly affected or not? Explain your answers and your reasoning.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the Andrew Picard character at the beginning of the book when his book is first published. What is Picard's motivation for publishing the book? What drives him? Then, discuss this same character when he meets and gets to know Ben Tyson, the subject of the most controversial chapter of Picard's book. What is Picard's motivation then? What is driving him? How do the events in the story change Picard's character? Who is Andrew Picard at the end of the story?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the characteristics, roles, loyalties, and agendas of the following people in the story: Vincent Corva, Karen Harper, Marcy Tyson, Steven Brandt, and Andrew Picard.
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