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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. At the end of Part Three, what information does Felix need to know?

2. In Part Three, Chapter Eight, who does Felix hear from about Gabriel?

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

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

5. In Part Three, where does Felix ask to be stationed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Felix's interactions with Aristedes?

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

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

4. What is unusual about Felix's response to Lieutenant Loveday's death?

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

6. Describe Gabriel's journal.

7. Why do you think Charis commits suicide?

8. Do you think Von Bishop wants to go after Gabriel? Why or why not?

9. What does Walter find when he returns to his farm?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

In Part Two, Chapter Twelve, Walter's meeting Wheech-Browning provides another scene that begins as comedy. For some reason Wheech-Browning considers Walter a dear friend but cannot understand how the topic of the coffee seedlings upsets Walter. Walter is equally to blame in failing to understand that Wheech-Browning is merely performing his job in insisting that Walter pay the customs taxes. The scene ends in another death, and as Wheech-Browning says, it seems that every time the two of them get near a machine someone dies. In an essay, analyze Boyd's use of comedy in An Ice Cream War.

Essay Topic 3

What do you know about William Boyd? How has his background influenced the writing of An Ice Cream War? Use examples from the text to support your thesis.

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