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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. While Marco traveled to New York to see Raymond, where was Shaw?

2. Where does Raymond work?

3. Why does Raymond suggest that Marco force an investigation by initiating his own court-martial and charging himself with falsifying the report that led to Shaw's medal?

4. How does the chapter begin?

5. When does Eleanor Shaw divorce Raymond's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Iselin's story change?

2. Why do others not like Iselin?

3. When and how does Raymond first meet Jocelyn?

4. Describe the sanitarium.

5. How does Rosie want to help Marco?

6. Why does Chunjin arrive at Shaw's office?

7. What does Senator John Iselin proclaim?

8. What does Lieutenant General Nils Jorgenson do when Iselin brings Marco's plan to his attention?

9. What does Raymond do when O'Neil insists on throwing a welcome dinner for the Medal of Honor veteran?

10. How does Raymond's life change when Marco moves in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Raymond is in love with Jocie.

Part 1) Who is Jocie? How did they meet? How did he fall in love with her?

Part 2) How does their earlier relationship assist Marco? What does this earlier relationship reveal about the changes in Raymond?

Part 3) What is the correlation between Raymond's relationship with Jocie and the theme of the love of a good woman?

Essay Topic 2

Josie's husband has died.

Part 1) How might he have died? How do you know this?

Part 2) What purpose does his death serve for the characters in the story?

Part 3) What is the connection between his death and the theme about the love of a good woman?

Essay Topic 3

There is a great deal of tension in this story.

Part 1) Describe the cause of this tension.

Part 2) How does this tension affect the characters in the story, as well as the reader?

Part 3) How might this story and tension reflect the lives of Americans at this time?

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