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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something Tamkin claims to have done in his life?
(a) He was a successful extra in Hollywood.
(b) He worked with a Polish inventor on an unsinkable ship.
(c) He had been in a criminal underworld called the Detroit Purple Gang.
(d) He was head of a mental clinic in Toledo.

2. What are the funeral guests whispering to themselves at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) They are whispering about how good it is to see Wilhelm again.
(b) They are whispering about Wilhelm's wife and his desperate situation.
(c) They are whispering about who Wilhelm knows at the funeral.
(d) They are whispering about how rude it is to cry at a funeral.

3. Why can't Wilhelm figure Tamkin out?
(a) Because Tamkin won't speak to him.
(b) He isn't trying to figure him out at all.
(c) Because he doesn't know how to form his own opinion.
(d) Because he wants to believe him but the gossip is compelling.

4. Who is the very old man that can't see the board?
(a) Mr. Rappaport.
(b) Rubin.
(c) Mr. Perls.
(d) Dr. Adler.

5. Who does Wilhelm think he sees at the funeral?
(a) Mr. Perls.
(b) Mr. Rappaport.
(c) Tamkin.
(d) Dr. Adler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Wilhelm and Tamkin do instead of going over to the market?

2. What is the purpose of Tamkin's "Here-and-now" exercise?

3. How much have Wilhelm and Tamkin invested together?

4. Who claims to treat his friends without being paid?

5. While paying his respects to the dead man, what does Wilhelm think of?

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