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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 item does Felix notice is missing at the pond?

2. What is Felix's title in the British Army in Part Three?

3. What song does Charis' lover hum?

4. What is Felix's reaction to the letter from Charis?

5. In Part Two, Chapter Three, who is Gabriel in love with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Charis commits suicide?

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

3. What comparisons does Charis make between the two brothers, Gabriel and Felix?

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

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

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

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

8. Where is Gabriel held as a prisoner in Part Three, Chapter Six and how does he escape?

9. What questions does Dr. Venables ask Felix about Charis?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Charis commit suicide? What are the factors behind her choice? What does she think will happen if others know the truth about her infidelity? Is her decision a selfish one?

Essay Topic 2

What is Felix's motivation for being in the war? Write an essay that analyzes the theme of redemption as related to Felix's motivation for serving in the war.

Essay Topic 3

Gabriel and Felix are brothers and in many ways they are polar opposites. In what ways are Gabriel and Felix opposites? In what ways are they similar?

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