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

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

3. Why does Gabriel want to stay in the hospital?
(a) To not return to combat.
(b) To stay with his comrades.
(c) To defect to the other side.
(d) To spy on the Germans.

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

5. Describe Charis' health in Part Two, Chapter Sixteen.
(a) Charis is relatively healthy.
(b) Charis has developed serious cancer.
(c) Charis is not feeling well.
(d) Charis is in perfect health.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From whose point of view is Part Three, Chapter Five?

3. What is Walter's assignment in the British army?

4. In Part Two, Chapter Eighteen, who invites Felix for a drink?

5. In Charis' letter to Gabriel in Part Two, what does she tell him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Charis commits suicide?

2. What does Walter find when he returns to his farm?

3. What comparisons does Charis make between the two brothers, Gabriel and Felix?

4. What reason, besides political, does Gabriel have for staying in the hospital?

5. Describe Gabriel's journal.

6. What does the author imply about Felix when he describes Liieutenant Loveday's usage of "schoolboy French?"

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

8. What is "China Show?"

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

10. What is shocking about Part Two, Chapter Thirteen?

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