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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 sounds awakens Dr. Rivers when Ngea dies?

2. What song does Billy hear sung in Part 2, Chapter 11?

3. Billy is afraid his battalion will do what in Part 3, Chapter 17?

4. At Craiglockhart, how did Dr. Rivers get his patients to confide their feelings?

5. Where does Billy work on the front lines?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Billy reminded of Craiglockhart in Part 3, Chapter 15?

2. What is unique about Billy's sexual conquest in Part 3, Chapter 17 and what worries him after?

3. After Ngea's seance, what is left on Dr. Rivers's pillow? What does it signify?

4. Who is with Hallett during his death?

5. What provokes Dr. Rivers's dreams of Njiru?

6. Describe what happens in Dr. Rivers dream in Part 2, Chapter 12, when the conch shell is blown.

7. What is ironic about Billy's death?

8. In Part 3, Chapter 14, what does the spirit of Ngea do in is Dr. Rivers's dream?

9. What are some negatives that Billy experiences in Part 2, Chapter 13?

10. What is a gas captain and who performs the duty?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dr. Rivers tells much of his story through a dream state, induced by a flu fever.

1) What is the focus of Dr. Rivers's dreams?

2) Who appears in his dreams?

3) Do his dreams provide him any sort of comfort or resolution? If not, what do they accomplish?

Essay Topic 2

Billy's sexual experiences are both heterosexual and homosexual in nature.

1) Does Sarah know Billy is having sexual relations with others? How would she respond if she did?

2) How does Billy treat sex with strangers?

3) What motivates Billy to have sexual relations with men?

Essay Topic 3

Billy's attitude towards life eventually leads to his death.

1) Why does Billy want to return to France?

2) How does Billy feel about life in the beginning of The Ghost Road? By the end?

3) Does Billy regret his decision to return to war?

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