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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jack says if Denise is a "pint-sized commissar," then Bee was a "silent" what?
(a) Gem.
(b) Witness.
(c) Participant.
(d) Actor.

2. Which child's incessant crying necessitates a trip to the doctor?
(a) Steffie.
(b) Denise.
(c) Heinrich.
(d) Wilder.

3. In what year did the narrator invent his academic department?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1968.

4. Where does Jack stop on the way back from the airport after dropping off Bee?
(a) A cemetery.
(b) His office.
(c) The supermarket.
(d) A barn.

5. What is the word the narrator uses to describe Babette's size?
(a) Ample.
(b) Waifish.
(c) Brawny.
(d) Broad.

6. How old is Jack going to be?
(a) 59
(b) 49
(c) 51
(d) 55

7. Who helps Jack find a German teacher?
(a) Wilder.
(b) Murray.
(c) Babette.
(d) Heinrich.

8. Who is Tweedy's husband?
(a) Murray Siskind.
(b) Malcolm Hunt.
(c) Jack Gladney.
(d) Howard Waldrop.

9. Why does Heinrich interrupt Jack and the girls?
(a) To make them dinner.
(b) To kick them out of his room.
(c) To watch plane crash footage.
(d) To debate the weather.

10. What do Heinrich and Jack have a philosophical conversation about on the way to school?
(a) The supermarket.
(b) The rain.
(c) Elivs.
(d) Hitler.

11. What kind of car plays a big role in the first chapters of the book, as parents drop off the college students?
(a) Station wagons.
(b) Moving vans.
(c) Cabs.
(d) Sports cars.

12. What does the Gladney family do together on Friday nights?
(a) Do yardwork.
(b) Watch TV.
(c) Play board games.
(d) Clean the bathroom.

13. Alfonse is an example of one of the academic emigres from where?
(a) Paris.
(b) Santa Barbara.
(c) New York.
(d) Montreal.

14. Who is Bee's father?
(a) Howard Waldrop.
(b) Jack Gladney.
(c) Murray Siskind.
(d) Malcolm Hunt.

15. Eric tells Jack that he looks different without what?
(a) His children.
(b) His suit.
(c) Babette.
(d) His glasses and gown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Denise find Babette's Dylar bottle?

2. Why does Babette read to Mr. Treadwell.

3. What game does Heinrich play with someone in prison?

4. Where does Babette like to run?

5. Who was Gladys?

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