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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 was Bartle wearing when the captain from C.I.D. came to see him?
2. What animals did Bartle see in the city besides a dog in Chapter 6?
3. In Chapter 7, how did Bartle spend most of his days in the spring?
4. In Chapter 7, what was behind Bartle's mother's house?
5. In Chapter 6, what was in the middle of a bridge when Bartle and the other soldiers were going through the city?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 10, what was the last sighting of Murph?
2. What did Bartle spend a great deal of time trying to identify when he noticed changes in Murph in Chapter 8?
3. In Chapter 7, what did Bartle remember Murph telling him about some canaries?
4. In Chapter 7, why did Luke call 911?
5. What did Sterling and Bartle do with Murph's body?
6. Why did Sterling think that Murph was a dead man in Chapter 8?
7. In Chapter 8, what happened when a major came to Bartle's platoon area?
8. In Chapter 6, what did the city look like when Bartle and the other men walked through it?
9. How did Bartle describe the location of his mother's house?
10. What was Bartle doing at the beginning of Chapter 7?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
On page 13, Bartle sees death as an affirmation of his life and the lives of the other soldiers. Why does he see death as an affirmation of his life and the lives of the other soldiers at that time? How does his view of death change throughout the course of the novel? What is his view of death at the novel’s conclusion?
Essay Topic 2
Mood in a novel is the overall feeling that readers have when they read a story. How does the author create mood in the novel? What is the overall mood in the book?
Essay Topic 3
Murph begins spending time watching a female medic near the medic station. Why does Murph begin spending time watching the female medic? How much gentleness and kindness does Murph have in his life as a soldier? What does the girl represent to Murph, and why does he watch her?
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