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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. Who brings Easterbrook to the cottage to meet Dunn and Pick where Veronica and Galloway soon appear in Chapter 14?

2. Who is protective about Easterbrook's affections for a woman and comes to warn that woman if she does not let him down gently?

3. Who goes to San Diego to talk to General Underwood and Colonel Frazier about securing the release of McCoy?

4. Who does Pickering want to be assigned to the operation run by Fertig?

5. What naval air station are Dunn and Pick at when they are stopped by Colonel Porter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Carolyn dirty when she arrives at the Andrew Foster Hotel?

3. Why are Pick and Dunn rude to Jake at the airport?

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

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

6. Why is Veronica angry at first with Jake when he arrives at the Malibu house?

7. With the personnel changes in the corps, why is Stecker upset?

8. What do the various comments about security truly reveal about MacArthur's real concerns to Pickering?

9. Why are Galloway, Pick, and Dunn not happy about being assigned to the war bond tour?

10. What does Pickering reveal that he knows about Ellen to her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Veronica. What is her role in the story? What was Griffin trying to accomplish by creating Veronica's character in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Griffin discusses both patriotism and war vividly in "Close Combat". Find some examples in the book and discuss the effect of these topics on the character of Pickering.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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