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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Walter decide to move his family to?
(a) Lamu.
(b) Thika.
(c) Nairobi.
(d) Boma Durio.

2. How much time passes between Part Two Chapters Ten and Eleven?
(a) Two months.
(b) Six months.
(c) One week.
(d) Three months.

3. What is the relationship between Felix and Gabriel?
(a) Father and son.
(b) Uncle and nephew.
(c) Brothers.
(d) Cousins.

4. Why is Liesel Von Bishop uncomfortable while traveling in Part One?
(a) The smell.
(b) The heat.
(c) The noise.
(d) She is ill.

5. What university is Felix set to attend?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Yale.
(d) Oxford.

Short Answer Questions

1. While at the hospital, what news of the war does Liesl hear?

2. What is the name of the army Walter joins?

3. What is the name of the hotel Smith stays at after leaving his farm?

4. What is the setting of Part Two, Chapter One?

5. What nationality are the soldiers Gabriel is with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens on Charis and Gabriel's honeymoon?

2. How does Gabriel end up injured?

3. What do the Germans do to Walter's farm?

4. What does Charis show Felix at her cottage and what does Felix explain to her?

5. Describe how Felix and Holland react differently to the discrimination they face because they are not in military service.

6. What are Felix's plans after the wedding?

7. What benefit is Bilderbeck to Gabriel?

8. In Part Two, Chapter Six, what does Gabriel mistake gunfire for?

9. What happens with the biplane in Part Two, Chapter Twelve?

10. Describe Felix's reaction to Amory at the party at her apartment.

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