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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 do Nathaniel and Agnes meet to have sex?

2. What does Nathaniel call the girl he meets at his restaurant job and starts a relationship with, though it is not her real name?

3. How does The Darter feel about Agnes?

4. Where does The Darter invite Agnes on one of their first outings?

5. What is Olive Lawrence's effect on Nathaniel's view of women?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Agnes leave in Nathaniel's trouser pocket at the end of the section titled Agnes Street?

2. Where does Arthur McCash find Rachel and who is she with when he looks for her in the Bark Theater?

3. What does Nathaniel especially remember about his visit to his father's Unilever office?

4. Why do Nathaniel and Rachel refer to Walter as The Moth?

5. How does The Darter seem to feel about Agnes, and how does that in turn affect how Nathaniel feels about her?

6. How does The Moth react when Nathaniel and Rachel turn up unexpectedly at the house in London when they should be at school?

7. Just before Nathaniel's mother departs for Singapore, what does she start telling the children for the first time?

8. Why does Nathaniel come to know Agnes as Agnes?

9. How do Nathaniel and Rachel feel about becoming boarders at their new schools after their mother and father leave for Singapore in Chapter 1?

10. What happens to Nathaniel and Rachel in the beginning of the section titled "Schwer"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rose and Marsh Felon have a brief but intense love affair. Write an essay analyzing Ondaatje's handling of the relationship between Rose and Marsh. Why do you think Ondaatje chooses to leave the reasons behind the affair's end so vague?

Essay Topic 2

The language in Warlight is vivid and sometimes very specific in its use of imagery at significant moments, as when, for example, Nathaniel tugs the sprig of rosemary from a bush in Mrs. Malakite's garden, rubs it, inhales it, and puts it in his shirt pocket (126). Write an essay analyzing how Ondaatje uses specific language to connect different events and characters, citing specific examples to the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Rose meets Marsh Felon, the man who eventually recruits her to work for British Intelligence, when they are both very young and he and his family are completing roofing work on her family's house. Write an essay discussing Rose's path to her dangerous work as a spy, including the specific event and feelings that prompted her to start her work.

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