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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the group make Ivanovich eat a cigarette butt?
(a) He speaks Russian in his sleep.
(b) He loses a game.
(c) He accidentally trips one of the women.
(d) He tries to read his book.

2. After dinner, what do the other tour members insist that Ivanovich do?
(a) Teach them a few words of Russian.
(b) Sing a solo.
(c) Practice speaking German more clearly.
(d) Prove that he knows where they are going.

3. What does Ivanovich do when he first sees the view of the lake?
(a) Begins to weep.
(b) Falls to his knees.
(c) Presses his hand to his heart.
(d) Gasps aloud.

4. Including Ivanovich and the Bureau employees, how many people are in the tour group?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

5. Whom does the Bureau's song recommend should be "killed" by a walk in the countryside with "the good, the hearty guys" (9)?
(a) The loner.
(b) The artist.
(c) The hermit.
(d) The outsider.

6. On page 19, to what does the narrator compare Ivanovich's return journey, away from the lake?
(a) A "hideous fairy tale."
(b) A "cruel, demeaning prank."
(c) A "soul-shattering nightmare."
(d) A "sinister game."

7. What technique is used in the sentence "The burning sun crept toward a corner of the window and suddenly spilled over the yellow bench" (6)?
(a) Simile.
(b) Juxtaposition.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Imagery.

8. What does Ivanovich do to distract himself from "the absurdity and horror of the situation" (6)?
(a) Reads his book.
(b) Looks out the window at the scenery.
(c) Plays solitaire.
(d) Tries to fall asleep.

9. What is the tour group doing in the passage that says "they raised dust along a highway" (12)?
(a) Walking.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Digging.
(d) Riding in a car.

10. Which of the following describes the group leader accurately?
(a) He has eyes of two different colors.
(b) He is badly sunburned.
(c) He is missing one front tooth.
(d) He has unusually long hair.

11. What does the narrator say is "dangerous for the soul" (7)?
(a) The "configuration of some entirely insignificant objects."
(b) The "charm the world acquires when it is wound up and moving like a merry-go-round."
(c) "The anonymity of all the parts of a landscape."
(d) "A memory of love, disguised as a meadow."

12. What does the narrator remember about the time of year in which the story takes place?
(a) It was shortly after the last snow melted.
(b) The leaves had begun to turn.
(c) It was an exceptionally hot summer.
(d) It was damp and cold.

13. In the exclamation "How I hate you, our daily!" what technique is being used (13)?
(a) Amplification.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Synesthesia.
(d) Dialect.

14. What is Ivanovich expected to carry during the second day of the tour?
(a) Bread.
(b) An extra rucksack.
(c) His own boots.
(d) Sausage.

15. What technique is used in the phrase "toward a train lurking behind other trains"?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Personification.
(d) Cacophony.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ivanovich falls asleep on the third day of the tour, how do the others wake him up?

2. What description does the narrator give of the train car on page 5?

3. How late is Ivanovich running on the morning the tour leaves?

4. At the inn near the lake, what nationality does Ivanovich believe the innkeeper to be?

5. What word does the narrator say describes the appearance of "all creatures still unknown to us" (4)?

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