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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of doctor does Janina consider seeing about her frequent tears?
(a) ENT.
(b) Allergist.
(c) Family doctor.
(d) Dermatologist.

2. What do Oddball and Janina name Big Foot's dog in Chapter 2?
(a) Marysia.
(b) Tray.
(c) Louella.
(d) Fly.

3. What does Janina call a fox she sees who comes and goes from the Czech Republic?
(a) Red.
(b) Leader.
(c) Consul.
(d) Rusty.

4. What wakes Janina in Chapter 5?
(a) Someone baning on her door.
(b) Thunder.
(c) Truck backfiring.
(d) Shooting.

5. In Chapter 6, what is the first word that Janina and Dizzy argue about translating?
(a) Brain.
(b) Mind.
(c) Thought.
(d) Mental.

6. Who comes to Janina's house in Chapter 3?
(a) The police.
(b) Coroner.
(c) Lumberjacks.
(d) A doctor.

7. How long does the snow lie against the northern wall of the Professor's house?
(a) Until May.
(b) Until March.
(c) Until June.
(d) Until April.

8. What type of animal does a client bring in the room as a police officer is writing a report for Janina?
(a) Yorkie.
(b) Dachshund.
(c) Poodle.
(d) Chihuahua.

9. Where did Janina used to live?
(a) Warsaw.
(b) Walbrzych.
(c) Poznan.
(d) Wroclaw.

10. In Chapter 3, how long do Janina and the men at Big Foot's house sing?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 45 minutes.
(c) About an hour.
(d) About an hour and a half.

11. Who does Janina see in her boiler room at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her husband.

12. What type of poetic meter is more natural to Polish verse?
(a) Spondaic.
(b) Trochaic.
(c) Lambic.
(d) Dactylic.

13. What color napkins does Oddball use when he serves Janina something to drink in Chapter 2?
(a) Cream.
(b) Brown.
(c) Mustard yellow.
(d) Willow-green.

14. What does Dizzy call a sharp bend on the road where accidents often occur?
(a) Ox Heart Corner.
(b) Slippery Corner.
(c) Transylvania Corner.
(d) Deer Track Corner.

15. In Chapter 1, what is Oddball wearing when he comes to Janina's house in the night?
(a) Snowmobile suit.
(b) Ski pants and jacket.
(c) Jeans, down jacket, and hiking boots.
(d) Sheepskin coat, striped pajamas, and heavy hiking boots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of fence runs around the Weller property?

2. At the end of Chapter 7, who does Janina see wearing a gray dress?

3. What does the postman tell Janina in Chapter 6 that someone saw driving along the dirt roads at daybreak?

4. What type of car does the Commandant drive?

5. According to the autopsy, how did Big Foot die?

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