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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language does Aristedes speak?
(a) Portuguese.
(b) Afrikaans.
(c) English.
(d) Spanish.

2. What alerts the Germans to Gabriel in Part Three, Chapter Five?
(a) A dog barks.
(b) A branch breaks.
(c) Gabriel trips.
(d) Liesl tells the German officers.

3. Which of the following words best describes Part Two, Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Shocking.
(b) Humorous.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Depressing.

4. What does the doctor suspect of Charis?
(a) That she is the victim of a crime.
(b) That she is an alcoholic.
(c) That she is mentally unstable.
(d) That she is having an affair.

5. During the pursuit, describe Von Bishop's feelings towards Gabriel?
(a) Anger.
(b) Glee.
(c) Frustration.
(d) Empathy.

6. What is Gabriel's response when a German officer and two askaris approach him?
(a) Gabriel faints.
(b) Garbriel surrenders.
(c) Gabriel flees.
(d) Gabriel vommits.

7. What literary device does the author use to describe how Charis' affair started?
(a) Flashback.
(b) Simile.
(c) Irony.
(d) Personification.

8. What feeling describes how Charis feels about her affair?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Anger.
(d) Embarrassment.

9. In Part Two, Chapter Fourteen, what does the Colonel do with Walter's advice?
(a) Ignores it.
(b) Questions it.
(c) Argues with it.
(d) Follows it.

10. In Part Four, what does Wheech-Browning bring in a truck?
(a) Food and water.
(b) Goats.
(c) Small artillery pieces.
(d) Bibles and prayer books.

11. In Part Three, why will fighting stop for two to three months?
(a) A peace agreement will be reached.
(b) The rainy season will begin.
(c) Supplies are en route.
(d) A new infantry is coming to take over.

12. What song does Charis' lover hum?
(a) Love of My Life.
(b) Man of Pompeii.
(c) Lady of the Sea.
(d) Lily of Laguna.

13. What fate comes of Lieutenant Loveday?
(a) He is fired.
(b) He is trampled.
(c) He resigns.
(d) He is killed.

14. Whose grave is desecrated at Walter's house in Part Two?
(a) Walter's elderly mother.
(b) Walter's former servant.
(c) Walter's wife.
(d) Walter's baby daughter.

15. From whose point of view is Part Two, Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Charis.
(b) Gabriel.
(c) Felix.
(d) Walter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Felix get to Dar-es-Salaam?

2. For Charis, what does the end of the war mean?

3. How many miles is it from where Felix gets off the train to Kibongo?

4. What information does Felix find out about Gabriel?

5. What are Von Bishop's feelings about Dr. Deppe?

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