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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. How long does Gabriel expect to be walking before meeting with British troops?
(a) Ten days.
(b) Three or four days.
(c) A day or two.
(d) One week.

2. What obstacle stands in the way for Felix and Gilzean?
(a) A large river.
(b) An enemy attack.
(c) An African dictator.
(d) Lack of supplies.

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

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 having an affair.
(d) That she is mentally unstable.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does the British soldier arriving in German territory bring?

2. What evidence is there that Gabriel is dead?

3. At the end of Part Three, what information does Felix need to know?

4. What is Von Bishop's attitude toward finding Gabriel?

5. What main event occurs in Part Two, Chapter Four?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unusual about Felix's response to Lieutenant Loveday's death?

2. What changes Felix's mind about spending time on Walter's farm and then returning to England?

3. What does Felix decide to do after Charis' funeral?

4. What are Gabriel's feelings for Liesl in Part Three?

5. What consequences do the British face for not heading Walter's advice?

6. What are Felix's interactions with Aristedes?

7. Describe the interactions between Liesl and Gabriel in Part Three, Chapter Five.

8. Where is Gabriel held as a prisoner in Part Three, Chapter Six and how does he escape?

9. What political reason is there for Gabriel to remain in the hospital?

10. How does Felix nearly get shot while teaching the Portuguese troops?

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