The Corps: Book 1 Semper Fi Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

W. E. B. Griffin
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Corps: Book 1 Semper Fi Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

W. E. B. Griffin
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 calls McCoy to the lobby before signing papers given by Japanese messengers?

2. Who warns McCoy about Ellen with regards to Macklin finding out?

3. Who is the hotel doorman that is playing poker along with McCoy at the Cathay Mansions?

4. How many coolies surround Zimmerman and Sessions by the ferry?

5. Who is questioned by Intelligence to learn what he knows about the Japanese in China?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does McCoy hesitate at first but eventually leaves for Norristown?

2. When Macklin, Sessions, and Feller are imprisoned, why does McCoy feel that he is in trouble?

3. Why is McCoy upset about being sent back to the United States?

4. What happens when McCoy follows Sessions's advice to apply to become an officer?

5. What becomes obvious to Banning when Chatwick produces two coolies to testify on McCoy's behalf?

6. Why is McCoy trying to figure out if he needs a weapon to take with him to the Cathay Mansion?

7. How is Ellen described in Chapter 4?

8. What is suspected of Reverend Feller by Sessions and Banning when he travels to Peking?

9. How does Banning reveal his trust in McCoy with Sessions?

10. Why is McCoy uncomfortable with Ellen on the trip to Peking?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the significance of the novel's title. What did Griffin mean by calling the book The Corps: Book 1 Semper Fi?

Essay Topic 2

Love and sexuality between different characters is a recurring theme in The Corps: Book 1 Semper Fi. How does McCoy's feelings about love change from the beginning of the novel to its end? In what ways has he expanded his awareness and beliefs? Is sexuality connected to love for McCoy? How does his feelings develop for Ernie and change, and how does his relationship with her contrast with that of other women that he has had romantic feelings for?

Essay Topic 3

Banning and McCoy are two of the most active characters in discussing their social and political beliefs and in the decision-making process for the military and espionage events that unfold in the book.

Part 1) What is their relationship? How do they co-exist and how do they interact? What is similar about them and what is different?

Part 2) What are some events that Banning had a direct influence upon? What are some events that McCoy had a direct influence upon?

Part 3) Which character offers support or sympathy to people that attempt to jump the Wall? Which one is stronger and why?

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