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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. How many rifles could be heard being chambered when the soldiers went to look for Murph in Chapter 10?
2. Where does Bartle sometimes remember what happened in Chapter 9?
3. What bird did Bartle see when he watched his friends playing in the water?
4. What time of day was it at the end of Chapter 8, after Bartle helped carry a female medic's body to the other medics?
5. What was the weather like in Chapter 9 when a captain from C.I.D. arrived?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Bartle see in Chapter 6 as he and the other men walked on line through the ragged grove?
2. In Chapter 7, what did Bartle remember Murph telling him about some canaries?
3. In Chapter 7, why did Luke call 911?
4. How did a cartwright lead the soldiers to Murph's body?
5. What did the soliders find in the alley in Chapter 10?
6. What was the only exercise that Bartle was getting at the beginning of Chapter 7?
7. What was the day like when the captain from C.I.D. came to see Bartle?
8. What did Sterling and Bartle do with Murph's body?
9. In Chapter 6, what regret does Bartle have over not going to Murph when Murph was kneeling next to a private who was killed?
10. What did Bartle and Murph do when a female medic was killed at the end of Chapter 8?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 7, Bartle dreams of a field of horses. What horse is particularly important in Bartle’s dream? What does the horse symbolize about Bartle and his future?
Essay Topic 2
Murph’s father took some canaries from the mine and tried to set them free. What did the canaries do when they were set free? What do those canaries symbolize in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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