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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was an animal sign found for each of the people killed by Chapter 13 of the novel?
(a) Mars.
(b) Pluto.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Saturn.

2. What age chlidren was Janina asked to teach when she moved to her house in Luftzug?
(a) 5.
(b) 7 and 8.
(c) 8.
(d) 5 and 6.

3. What nationality was Oddball's mother?
(a) German.
(b) Czech.
(c) Lithuanian.
(d) Romanian.

4. When did Oddball's mother die?
(a) When he was 15.
(b) When he finished elementary school.
(c) When he was 11.
(d) After he and his sister were through secondary school.

5. In Chapter 12, when does it begin to rain?
(a) Beginning of June.
(b) End of June.
(c) End of May.
(d) First of July.

6. What is Oddball's first name?
(a) Swietopelk.
(b) Casimir.
(c) Snezhana.
(d) Yaroslava.

7. In Chapter 11, what song does Boros start singing and Janina and Oddball join him?
(a) Michael Row the Boat Ashore.
(b) Sounds of Silence.
(c) Puff (The Magic Dragon).
(d) The House of the Rising Sun.

8. What is the name of the writer's wife?
(a) Sabiny.
(b) Dabrowka.
(c) Agata.
(d) Gabrysia.

9. In Chapter 12, when was a horse in France sentened for killing a man?
(a) 1639.
(b) 846.
(c) 1394.
(d) 1471.

10. At the beginning of Chapter 12, what does Oddball want Janina to help him make?
(a) Bread.
(b) Costume for Halloween.
(c) Pie.
(d) Costume for the mushroom pickers' ball.

11. What does Janina decide to be for the mushroom pickers' ball?
(a) Tiger.
(b) Bear.
(c) Lion.
(d) Wolf.

12. What was the name of Himmler's court astrologer?
(a) Wilhelm Wolf.
(b) Branden Mueller.
(c) Tomas Harris.
(d) Rudolph Wittern.

13. What does Oddball want Janina to help him with in Chapter 11?
(a) Fixing a waterspout.
(b) Covering a broken window with plywood.
(c) Fixing his front door.
(d) Pouring concrete.

14. What prize do Janina and Oddball win for their costumes at the mushroom pickers' ball?
(a) Bottle of vodka.
(b) Field guide to mushrooms.
(c) Bottle of whiskey.
(d) Mushroom-shaped cake.

15. What is the name of the man who is said to have let foxes loose from his farm?
(a) Ginter.
(b) Czarny.
(c) Innerd.
(d) Bojarski.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, why does Janina say that some people are evil and nasty?

2. What bottles of drinks at the mushroom pickers' ball are intended to look like mushrooms?

3. What does Borys study?

4. When do Janina and Dizzy have to have their translation sessions in town at Dizzy's place?

5. How does Janina think that her dogs died?

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