1. What happens at the second dinner that makes Hofmiller feel especially happy and powerful?
(a) All the women want to dance with him.
(b) The Lt. Colonel offers him a promotion.
(c) He is able to entertain the women and sees that Kekesfalva notices.
(d) Kekesfalva invites him to go on vacation with the family.

2. Why does Hofmiller try to keep his two worlds - his life in the military and his relationship with the Kekesfalva family - separate from each other?
(a) He doesn't want his friends to build a relationship with the family and become his rival for their affections.
(b) He thinks they don't fit together.
(c) Kekesfalva asks him to keep the relationship a secret.
(d) He thinks Kekesfalva will think less of him if he realizes that he is a low-ranking officer in the military.

3. Why does Kekesfalva ask Hofmiller to be present when Dr. Condor comes to the castle and speak to him about Edith's condition?
(a) Kekesfalva isn't sure Dr. Condor is being completely honest with him about Edith's condition and chances for improvement.
(b) Hofmiller tells Kekesfalva he is experiencing severe back pain and Kekesfalva thinks Dr. Condor might be able to help.
(c) Kekesfalva wants to fire Dr. Condor from Edith's case but wants to avoid confronting him, so he asks Hofmiller to do it.
(d) Kekesfalva wants Dr. Condor to give up his other patients and devote all his time to Edith, and he wants Hofmiller to ask how much he'd expect to be paid to do that.

4. How does Edith find out that Hofmiller had been playing cards rather than inspecting a horse when he failed to show up at the castle?
(a) She asks his commanding officer and he tells her the truth.
(b) Hofmiller admits it to her.
(c) Her father calls his barracks and someone tells him where Hofmiller is.
(d) She sends her chauffeur to find out where he is.

5. When Kekesfalva apologizes for his daughter's rude behavior, how does he describe Edith when she was a child?
(a) He didn't know her as a small child because she was adopted at a later age.
(b) She was shy and quiet.
(c) She was handicapped from birth.
(d) She was energetic and constantly moving, to the point of being reckless.