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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mandella's role within his team?
(a) Map man
(b) Machine gunner
(c) Ground fighter
(d) Grenade launcher

2. What rank does Mandella get promoted to in this chapter?
(a) Acting corporal
(b) Acting commander
(c) Acting sergeant
(d) Acting captain

3. Who does Mandella share his sack with that night?
(a) Cortez
(b) Potter
(c) Rogers
(d) Jones

4. What is the name of the novel's main character?
(a) William Mandella
(b) Jame Potter
(c) David Mandella
(d) William Lee

5. What does Stott heat up to demonstrate how easy it is to die in a suit?
(a) A piece of iron
(b) The room
(c) A small rock
(d) His hand

Short Answer Questions

1. Who divides the platoon into three firing squads?

2. What does Cortez order the Russian private to do?

3. What kind of time are Mandella and his troops living in?

4. What kind of conditioning have the troops gone through?

5. What does Sergeant Cortez appear to be missing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the novel open?

2. What has happened to Marygay at the beginning of Chapter 4, Part 2?

3. How does Stott demonstrate how dangerous the suit can be?

4. Describe the journey to Charon.

5. Why are the heating mechanisms turned off in the opening chapter?

6. What is the company's job on darkside?

7. What news does the captain bring the troops in Chapter 10?

8. How has Stargate changed since the last time Mandella was there?

9. How have things changed at the beginning of Chapter 1, Part 2?

10. Why are the reasons for the army maintaining a strict level of discipline during their journey in Chapter 6?

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