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

2. What shocks Walter when he enters his house?
(a) The broken glass.
(b) The smell.
(c) That it is empty.
(d) That it is immaculate.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What evidence is there that Gabriel is dead?

2. In Part Three, Chapter Five, how long has Gabriel been a prisoner?

3. From whose point of view is Part Two, Chapter Thirteen?

4. Where does Charis meet her lover in a hotel room?

5. Why does Gabriel want to stay in the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What news does Von Bishop receive by motorcycle?

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

6. Do you think Von Bishop wants to go after Gabriel? Why or why not?

7. How does Felix end up in Nanda?

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

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

10. What happens when Felix goes to the pond to think in Part Two, Chapter Seventeen?

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