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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. Where does Bartle find Murph in Chapter 8?

2. Where was Bartle living at the beginning of Chapter 9?

3. In Chapter 6, how many pairs of boots did Bartle say could be heard in the dust when the men ran toward the orchard?

4. What color hair did a female medic have in Chapter 8?

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. What did the soliders find in the alley in Chapter 10?

2. What was the day like when the captain from C.I.D. came to see Bartle?

3. What did Bartle spend a great deal of time trying to identify when he noticed changes in Murph in Chapter 8?

4. What did Bartle and Murph do when a female medic was killed at the end of Chapter 8?

5. In Chapter 6, why did the lieutenant stop when he saw a body on the bridge in the city?

6. How did a cartwright lead the soldiers to Murph's body?

7. In Chapter 8, what happened when a major came to Bartle's platoon area?

8. What did Bartle take with him and what did he do with the items when Captain Anderson arrested him?

9. In Chapter 9, how would Bartle spend his mornings?

10. In Chapter 10, what did a man say about seeing Murph?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 4, Bartle mentions how they would throw candy to children who would become their enemies in the future. What is Bartle referring to when he makes that comment? What does the comment reveal about war and its futility?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In Chapter 1, Bartle asks the question “What kind of men are we?” (21). What does he mean by that question at that time? What responsibility does he take for that man’s death? What does this incident foreshadow about the way that Bartle makes himself responsible for the tragedies he is a part of, especially Murph’s death? What does Bartle decide about the type of man that he is?

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