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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 Four, who is Felix to train?

2. What alerts the Germans to the whereabouts of Gabriel?

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

4. What shocks Walter when he enters his house?

5. Where does Charis' affair begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What changes Felix's mind about spending time on Walter's farm and then returning to England?

3. What does Walter find when he returns to his farm?

4. What is "China Show?"

5. Why do you think Charis commits suicide?

6. How does Felix end up in Nanda?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Felix and Gabriel are two brothers who are the main characters in the novel It is clear that there is conflict between the two, but their relationship will play a key role in the novel. Analyze the similarities and differences between Felix and Gabriel and what effect this has on the novel. Use examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In Part Two, Chapter Sixteen, Charis writes two letters expressing her guilt to Felix and Gabriel. In Chapter Seventeen, Felix reflects on the letters and has a terrible feeling. He rushes to the pond and finds that Charis has committed suicide. How does Felix know something terrible has happened to Charis? What is Felix's response to his speculation about Charis? What is Felix's responsibility, if any, in Charis' suicide? What effect do you think this will have on Felix?

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