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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. After the war, where does Walter Bowman take what he made?

2. Where was Cameron Wilcox involved in a veterans' march?

3. Cameron Wilcox returns from war with ______________.

4. What branch of the military was Max Collins in?

5. What dream is Ray Johnson cherishing when he starts to work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Zofia's family?

2. What do Ad Topperwine and John Browning have in common?

3. Who is Harold Gaines?

4. What is Walter Bowman's relationship with Max Collins?

5. What is Henry Bowman fascinated with when we meet him in 1959?

6. What is Richard Gaines doing in 1959?

7. Who is Ad Topperwine?

8. How does John Ross turn our focus to guns in World War II?

9. Describe Henry Bowman's childhood.

10. What is the allegory of Nazi Germany for American readers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate the claim that Henry Bowman is not a patriot but a vigilante and renegade who stands not for civilization but for lawlessness.

Essay Topic 2

How would this book be different if were told from the perspective of a black man, a woman, or someone else? How would Native Americans tell this story differently? How is the story limited by being told about a white man?

Essay Topic 3

Debate the interpretation of the Second Amendment. Does it allow concealed weapons? Assault rifles? What role should the government have in regulating these things?

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