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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Gabriel held prisoner in Part Three, Chapter Five?
(a) A dark wood shed.
(b) A wine cellar.
(c) A bathroom.
(d) A jail cell.

2. Who occupies Walter's farm in Part Two, Chapter Fourteen?
(a) French.
(b) Germans.
(c) British.
(d) Indians.

3. What news does the British soldier arriving in German territory bring?
(a) That the Americans have entered the war.
(b) The war is over.
(c) That the Germans should retreat or face destruction.
(d) That the fighting continues in southern Africa.

4. What form of transportation does Charis and her lover use leaving the hotel?
(a) Train.
(b) Automobile.
(c) They walk.
(d) Bike.

5. In Part Four, Chapter Two, what causes many German soldiers to die?
(a) An attack by the British.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Spanish influenza.
(d) Dehydration.

6. In Charis' letter to Gabriel in Part Two, what does she tell him?
(a) The details of her affair.
(b) That she cannot stay married to him.
(c) That she is pregnant.
(d) That she is returning to school.

7. What information does Felix find out about Gabriel?
(a) Gabriel turns sides in Nanda and is now fighting for the Germans.
(b) Gabriel escapes two days before the British caputred Nanda.
(c) Gabriel commits suicide.
(d) Gabriel writes letters daily to Charis.

8. How does Gabriel stay in the hospital?
(a) By keeping his leg infected.
(b) By pretending that he can't walk.
(c) By helping out the rest of the nurses.
(d) By bribing the nurses.

9. Where does Charis meet her lover in a hotel room?
(a) Salisbury.
(b) Coventry.
(c) Aylesbury.
(d) Oxford.

10. While in confinement in Part Three, who questions Gabriel?
(a) Lieutenant Loveday.
(b) Sergeant Gilzean.
(c) Von Bishop.
(d) Major Jordan.

11. What covers every surface of Walter's house in Part Two?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Feces.
(c) Dishes.
(d) Wallpaper.

12. What motivates Felix to work hard at the Officer Training Corps?
(a) Gabriel.
(b) Charis.
(c) Getting out of the army.
(d) The cause of the war.

13. In Charis' letter to Gabriel in Part Two, what detail does she leave out?
(a) The name of her lover.
(b) Where she can be contacted.
(c) The location she is going to.
(d) The amount of her debts.

14. Given the clues at the end of Part Two, what conclusion can be drawn about Charis?
(a) That she is psychotic.
(b) That she is an alcoholic.
(c) That she had an abortion.
(d) That she is pregnant.

15. In Part Three, Chapter Five, how long has Gabriel been a prisoner?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Two, Chapter Three, who is Gabriel in love with?

2. What literary device does the author use to describe how Charis' affair started?

3. What alerts the Germans to the whereabouts of Gabriel?

4. A zeppelin is referred to as what by the Germans?

5. In Part Three, where does Felix ask to be stationed?

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