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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. Where does Charis meet her lover in a hotel room?

2. What does Gabriel do in the evenings at the hospital?

3. What obstacle stands in the way for Felix and Gilzean?

4. How often does Charis write Gabriel?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What political reason is there for Gabriel to remain in the hospital?

4. What is "China Show?"

5. Describe Gabriel's journal.

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

7. What are Felix's interactions with Aristedes?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The characters in the novel, Walter and Felix, start out indifferent to the war. Both think that the war will not effect their lives. However things for Walter change that cause him to take sides and join the war. In an essay, analyze the how Walter and Felix feel about the war, and what changes for both characters that cause them to enter the war.

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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