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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. What does Ellen Feller finish at Water Lily Cottage?

2. Why does Ellen Feller seduce John Moore?

3. What shocks the reader?

4. What does Ellen think of Dailey?

5. What decision does Pickering make?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Admiral Wagam realize about his nephew?

2. What decision does Pickering make that might shock the reader?

3. What do the Coastwatchers report from Buka Island?

4. What orders does Vandergrift give in Chapter 16?

5. What is clear about Pickering's message to Knox?

6. What does Vandergrift not understand?

7. What is ironic about Galloway?

8. What do Hon and Moore try to figure out about messages received earlier in the day?

9. What does Major Dillon contemplate in July 1942?

10. What does Ellen realize about the orders Moore and Dailey receive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the Japanese forces and armaments with that of America during World War II.

Essay Topic 2

Choose a character who has too much pride in his rank and discuss the implications or conflicts that arise as a result.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why the Marines on Guadalcanal were left on the beach and the implications of this decision for both the Navy and the Marines. Examine why Griffin chose to illustrate an actual historical event and his motivations.

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