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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. After the war, what changes Felix's plans?

2. How does Part Two, Chapter Thirteen end?

3. Where is Gabriel held prisoner in Part Three, Chapter Five?

4. For Charis, what does the end of the war mean?

5. What does the doctor suspect of Charis?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Gabriel's feelings for Liesl in Part Three?

3. What are Felix's interactions with Aristedes?

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

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

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

7. Describe the letters Charis writes to Gabriel in Part Two, Chapter Sixteen.

8. What is unusual about Felix's response to Lieutenant Loveday's death?

9. How does Felix end up in Nanda?

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

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

Analyze the title of the novel, "An Ice Cream War." What does that mean to you? Use examples from the text to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

What genre or genres can An Ice Cream War be classified as? Use examples from the text to support your thesis.

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