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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 orders are received at the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 5?

2. Whose acquaintance does Argensola make while Julio is in Argentina?

3. Who teaches Marcelo a lot in Part 1, Chapter 2?

4. What is Julio unable to do at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 2?

5. Where does Julio go at the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 1, Chapter 4, who visits Julio, and why?

2. In Part 2, Chapter 1, what does Marcelo do during the day, and how does it make him feel?

3. How is Luisa scandalized by her daughter's behavior in Part 2, Chapter 3?

4. What do Julio and Marguerite discuss when she finally arrives in Part 1, Chapter 1?

5. What are Julius' opinions about the pending war?

6. Explain the Biblical passage that Tchernoff quotes at the end of Part 1, Chapter 5.

7. How does the war progress at the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 5?

8. What is Argensola's problem at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 2, and how does he resolve it?

9. When Julio and Argensola meet their neighbor in the streets, what does Tchernoff say about the war?

10. Why does Marcelo take his family to visit the von Hartrott family in Germany?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Marcelo Desnoyers change throughout the novel? Detail the changes that he makes and the reasons behind those changes.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Luisa with Chichi. How are these two women different? How are they similar?

Essay Topic 3

How does the tension within Marcelo's family parallel the tension between Germany and France? How is this demonstrated, and which characters serve as examples of this?

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