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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the woman say dies while they are at the hotel?
(a) A doctor, a lawyer, and a priest.
(b) A corset maker, a priest and a chef.
(c) A hotel manager, a maid, and a cook.
(d) A horse, a cat, and a mouse.

2. Why do other hotel guests drown?
(a) The hotel is swallowed by a flooding river.
(b) They cannot swim.
(c) There is a storm and a flood.
(d) There are not enough life preservers.

3. Who does an old nurse describe?
(a) The black cat that is stranded in the pine tree.
(b) The delicious food prepared by the chef.
(c) The excellent service at the hotel.
(d) A young paralyzed couple that sits together on the yacht.

4. The baker's wife writes that she lost her mother in the fire but is trying to stay cheerful. Why?
(a) For her father.
(b) For the other guests.
(c) She did not care much for her mother.
(d) For her children.

5. What does the storm destroy?
(a) Automobiles and tents.
(b) A tree and the hotel.
(c) The lake and a dock.
(d) A pagoda and a boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the woman ask the maid for some toiletries?

2. On what does the woman originally write her fantasy?

3. Why must the woman leave the ballet school?

4. What is being held outside?

5. What does the couple discover are falling from a broken cable car high above the mountains?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the corsetiere, the priest, and the chef.

2. What takes place between the man and the woman?

3. What is known about the young woman?

4. What do the people on the yacht do?

5. What destruction does the storm cause?

6. What happens after the woman begins to produce milk?

7. What is the purpose of these postcards?

8. Why are the young woman's writings intriguing to Freud?

9. Describe the woman and man. Where are they headed?

10. Who does the woman address in the final section? What does she say?

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