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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 is from a very wealthy family that Pick tells McCoy about as they drive back to the base from New York City?

2. Since the marriage is against regulations, what does Banning's colonel do for him to make the marriage legal?

3. To what kind of office is Stecker being promoted to?

4. In what club is Pick getting ready inside before going to visit his grandfather?

5. Why do McCoy and Pick go to the Marine Barracks?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is McCoy happy about his new assignment as courier?

2. Why is Pick assigned as junior aide-de-camp to General McInerney?

3. How is Pick different from other Marines in his upbringing?

4. What are two odd experiences McCoy has in the building when he arrives to work in intelligence?

5. Why does McCoy advise Pick to not be too chummy at the Platoon Leader's Course?

6. Why is Pick upset with Intelligence regarding McCoy's reassignment and moving?

7. Why does Stecker want to help McCoy on the base?

8. How does Banning get married to Ludmilla "officially"?

9. Why is McCoy disturbed to learn that Sage comes from a wealthy family?

10. Why does McCoy have trouble with the test Stecker gives with the Garand rifle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Several of the characters in Corps: Book 1 Semper Fi are lonely. Which characters are lonely and why? Examine the concept of loneliness in the book and its effect on characters. What attempts are made to overcome it?

Essay Topic 3

Griffin uses more than one iteration on the motif of security. Identify at least two motifs about security and intelligence.

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