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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 kinds of clothes does Rose wear in White Paint?

2. What is Rose's reaction when Nathaniel mentions that Olive Lawrence was an ethnographer?

3. Why does Marsh Felon's interrogator in Italy decide the woman she is asking him about is probably very attractive?

4. What general area of life does Marsh Felon have a particularly good knowledge of?

5. What is a distinctive feature of Rose Williams' floor in White Paint?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did American Airmen stationed in The Saints area during the war constantly get lost there?

2. In the section titled "In the Archives," where does Nathaniel meet Rachel and what do they speak about?

3. What does Marsh Felon teach Rose how to do in the section titled "Wildfowling"?

4. What does Nathaniel find in a desk in his mother's house after she dies that surprises him?

5. What was Nathaniel's relationship with Mr. Sam Malakite like when Nathaniel was a teenager?

6. Who is one of the first people from his youth Nathaniel runs into when he starts work at the archives in the section titled "In the Archives"?

7. What kind of work does Marsh Felon do besides his work for the British Intelligence Service?

8. Why does Marsh Felon have to spend several weeks in Rose's family house as an adolescent?

9. What happens when a person steps on the nightingale floor in Rose's house in White Paint?

10. What is significant about the Malakites' house that Nathaniel buys in the section titled "The Saints"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing why Rose begins teaching Nathaniel to play chess. What does the game seem to represent for each of them?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay comparing The Darter's decision to marry Agnes/Sophie and raise her daughter with her to the decisions other agents like Marsh Felon and Rose Williams made regarding balancing their family relationships with their work for British Intelligence Services.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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