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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. At whose headquarters does Pickering arrive to discuss the MAGIC intercepts about the situation in Guadalcanal?

2. How did Carolyn travel to San Francisco?

3. Where is Galloway being assigned to work and will take his friend along with him?

4. To whom does Dillon report on the successful outcome of his mission to San Diego?

5. At what hotel are Dunn and Pick at when Pick calls Dillon's office?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Easterbrook happy yet naive while he is sick with malaria at the Malibu house?

2. When Veronica tells Jake that Easterbrook is in love with Dawn, what does Jake do in response and how does he react?

3. What does Pick realize when he goes to the penthouse with Martha?

4. What is Banning and McCoy's meeting with their dates at the saloon like?

5. How does Pickering reveal his caring about his men through the promotions he gives them and the way that they interact?

6. Since the Japanese have not yet attacked, what does that signify?

7. Why does Pick panic about paved runaways when flying?

8. Why are Pick and Dunn awed by their reception at Corey Field?

9. What does Pickering do to reassign people to work on the Philippines mission?

10. Why does Fowler appear in the suite where Pick, Dunn and Easterbrook at eating?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in "Close Combat". Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

Essay Topic 2

Power in society is a prevailing theme of "Close Combat". Griffin frequently refers to this theme, painting the picture of military knowledge being rewarded by power. Which characters appear honest and which appear corrupt and why? Which characters appear to rise above corruption even if they were initially vulnerable to it? What is your opinion of the society that Griffin describes?

Essay Topic 3

Death and violence appear throughout "Close Combat". Who dies? Who is violent? In what ways are characters violent or abusive? What is their effect on other characters and their lives? Do these characters change over time? Why or why not?

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