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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What frustrates Walter in the army?

2. Who does Felix stop to see on his way home from the nightclub?

3. What is the condition of the person who summons Walter?

4. How many children does Smith have in Part One?

5. What is the name of Smith's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes Walter's stance on joining the army?

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

3. What is Walter's experience in the army like in Part Two, Chapter Twelve?

4. Describe Gabriel's recovery in Part Two, Chapter Eleven.

5. What happens when an Indian refuses an order by Bilderbeck?

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

7. Describe the Von Bishops relationship.

8. In Part One, Chapter Four, why is Felix upset with Gabriel?

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

10. How do Gabriel and other British soldiers get trapped in a ditch?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in the novel, Walter and Felix, start out indifferent to the war. Both think that the war will not effect their lives. However things for Walter change that cause him to take sides and join the war. In an essay, analyze the how Walter and Felix feel about the war, and what changes for both characters that cause them to enter the war.

Essay Topic 2

There are two main settings in the novel An Ice Cream War. In an essay, describe the settings of the novel and analyze the affect the setting will have on the conflict.

Essay Topic 3

In the beginning of the novel, Felix is a youth attempting to negotiate a difficult and awkward transition from adolescence to adulthood. By the end of the novel Felix is battle-scarred and world-weary.war. By the time Felix boards a ship to take him back to England, he has seen years of gruesome death, some even involving loved ones. Felix himself has also been forever physically altered or damaged. Through the course of the novel, Felix Cobb can be thought of as two characters in one. In an essay, conduct a character analysis of Felix Cobb that addresses these points.

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