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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 language does Aristedes speak?

2. From whose point of view is Part Two, Chapter Fourteen?

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

4. Which of the following words best describes Part Two, Chapter Thirteen?

5. In Part Four, Chapter Two, how does a British soldier arrive in German territory?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What are Felix's interactions with Aristedes?

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

7. What consequences do the British face for not heading Walter's advice?

8. What are Charis and Felix's thoughts on their affair and Gabriel?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

In Part Two, Chapter Twelve, Walter's meeting Wheech-Browning provides another scene that begins as comedy. For some reason Wheech-Browning considers Walter a dear friend but cannot understand how the topic of the coffee seedlings upsets Walter. Walter is equally to blame in failing to understand that Wheech-Browning is merely performing his job in insisting that Walter pay the customs taxes. The scene ends in another death, and as Wheech-Browning says, it seems that every time the two of them get near a machine someone dies. In an essay, analyze Boyd's use of comedy in An Ice Cream War.

Essay Topic 3

What do you know about William Boyd? How has his background influenced the writing of An Ice Cream War? Use examples from the text to support your thesis.

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