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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 nationality are the soldiers Gabriel is with?

2. Where does Walter decide to move his family to?

3. What is the name of Gabriel's doctor?

4. What causes confusion the first night for Gabriel and Charis in France?

5. What is the result of Smith's return to his farm in Part Two, Chapter Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Walter ended up in Africa.

2. Summarize what Gabriel reflects on since his honeymoon while aboard a ship from India to Africa.

3. In Part Two, Chapter Six, what does Gabriel mistake gunfire for?

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

5. What are Felix's plans after the wedding?

6. In Part Two, Chapter Four, Gabriel receives three letters. What do the letters say and who are they from?

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

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

9. What benefit is Bilderbeck to Gabriel?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Charis commit suicide? What are the factors behind her choice? What does she think will happen if others know the truth about her infidelity? Is her decision a selfish one?

Essay Topic 2

Major Bilderbeck is an enigmatic character who befriends Gabriel aboard a troop transport ship. His strange mannerisms, specifically his manner of laughing at things that other people do not find immediately funny, might indicate something of an amoral personality. In an essay, write a character analysis of Major Bilderbeck.

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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