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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 does Luisa explicitly wish near the end of Part 3, Chapter 5?

2. What does Marcelo make a big deal about in Part 3, Chapter 2?

3. Who does Marcelo befriend at dinner in Part 2, Chapter 5?

4. Who does Julio unexpectedly encounter during his journey in Part 2, Chapter 4?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 5, what does the Keeper bury on Marcelo's property?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marcelo think about while sitting by his son's grave?

2. What is the importance of the battle of the Marne?

3. In Part 2, Chapter 5, where is Marcelo taken, and why? What does he see?

4. How do the Germans repay Marcelo and the Keeper's hospitality in Part 2, Chapter 5?

5. What occurs between Marcelo and Julio at the end of Part 2, Chapter 6?

6. Who does Marcelo become friends with in Part 3, Chapter 2, and what alters their friendship?

7. Why is it difficult for the party in Part 3, Chapter 5 to find Julio's grave?

8. How does Marcelo assuage his hunger in Part 2, Chapter 6?

9. What are Commandant Blumhardt's actions in Part 2, Chapter 5?

10. Describe the reunion between Marcelo and Julio in Part 3, Chapter 3.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Julio and Marcelo.

Essay Topic 2

How does the relationship between Marcelo and Julio change throughout the novel? What events elicit these changes?

Essay Topic 3

What do the events of the novel suggest about the morality and affects of war?

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