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

2. What is Von Bishop's attitude toward finding Gabriel?
(a) Unconcerned.
(b) Eager.
(c) Motivated.
(d) Angry.

3. In Part Three, Chapter Eight, who does Felix hear from about Gabriel?
(a) Liesl.
(b) Loveday.
(c) Wheech-Browning.
(d) Von Bishop.

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

5. From whose perspective is Part Three, Chapter Six?
(a) Von Bishop.
(b) Gabriel.
(c) Liesl.
(d) Felix.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What fate comes of Lieutenant Loveday?

3. What song does Charis' lover hum?

4. What do the birds circling indicate?

5. After playing cards, what does Aristedes do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do you think Felix will do to Von Bishop?

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

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

5. What questions does Dr. Venables ask Felix about Charis?

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

7. How did the affair between Felix and Charis begin?

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

9. What news does Von Bishop receive by motorcycle?

10. What is Von Bishop's reaction to what happens to Gabriel when he is caught?

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