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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. What is the Second Field Officer's name?

2. What do Mandella and Moore drink in the officer's lounge?

3. What does Mandella think all of his new troops are?

4. What part of Mandella's body is crushed in this chapter?

5. What is the name of the company's ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mandella's mother's condition when he arrives back in Washington in Chapter 11, Part 2?

2. How does the army recruit in modern society in Chapter 2, Part 3?

3. How does the battle end in Chapter 7, Part 3?

4. Why do Mandella and Charlie decide against the idea of evacuating all personnel into the stasis field?

5. What are Rhonda's reasons for her sexual relationship with Mandella's mother?

6. How do Marygay and Mandella think the war has changed the world?

7. Why does Mandella not put an end to the distillery run by the cooks?

8. Why can the hospital not help Mandella's mother in Chapter 11, Part 2?

9. Why can Mandella's company be called test tube babies?

10. Summarize The Forever War story.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a 500-word essay revolving around the following statement: The novel is a statement against war.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the twist ending. Choose one scene in the book and discuss how the twist ending changes your perception of that scene.

Essay Topic 3

Examine Haldeman's writing style. How would you describe Haldeman's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Haldeman's style give to the story?

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