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

2. What evidence is there that Gabriel is dead?

3. A zeppelin is referred to as what by the Germans?

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

5. During the pursuit, describe Von Bishop's feelings towards Gabriel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are Felix's interactions with Aristedes?

4. What news does Von Bishop receive by motorcycle?

5. How does Felix end up in Nanda?

6. What is "China Show?"

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Part Two, Chapter Fourteen, Walter finally makes it back to his farm. It is in terrible condition, with feces all over. His baby daughter's grave is desecrated and he discovers that his decorticator is missing. What is the decorticator a symbol of?

Essay Topic 2

In Part Three, Walter attempts to find Von Bishop, the man responsible for taking his farm and decorticator. Walter's purpose in joining the fight is not so much to help his country, but to get revenge on the man responsible for destroying his lifestyle. Write an essay that analyzes the theme of revenge as expressed in An Ice Cream War.

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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