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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of message does the narrator think moving to a foreign country where she knows no one and does not speak the language send?
(a) One of competence.
(b) One of desperation.
(c) One of anger.
(d) One of suspicion.

2. What scene does the narrator witness that she thinks reflects poorly on its subjects?
(a) Two American women have a dog in a cafe that frightens a little boy.
(b) A Spanish woman berates a waiter for bringing her the wrong order.
(c) An American woman yells at a taxi driver.
(d) An American man hits a child in public.

3. What does the narrator think about the consequences of public character building?
(a) They are unrealistic.
(b) They are the kind of thing parents think is a good idea until they actually happen.
(c) They are not as fun or useful as the fantasy of social media fame suggests.
(d) They might get a person a good new job.

4. What does the narrator realize she needs to apply for a German visa?
(a) A sponsor.
(b) Health insurance.
(c) A phone.
(d) A car.

5. What happens on the narrator's first date in Berlin in Part III?
(a) Her date throws up on her.
(b) Her date tells her he is just looking for a job.
(c) Her date has no money and she has to pay for the drinks.
(d) Her date never shows up.

6. Who is the first man to ask the narrator on a date in Berlin?
(a) James.
(b) Henry.
(c) Fred.
(d) Paul.

7. What problem does the narrator run into using social media in Berlin?
(a) Most of the people she knows on it are asleep when she is on it due to the time-zone difference.
(b) She needs new eyeglasses to see the screen well enough to read it.
(c) She does not use social media at all in Berlin.
(d) She can not reliably connect to the internet.

8. Where is Nell from?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) London.
(d) Barcelona.

9. How does the narrator feel about astrology?
(a) She knows it is fake.
(b) She thinks only uneducated people believe in it.
(c) She believes in it wholeheartedly.
(d) She thinks only older people believe in it.

10. Why does the narrator not want to return to New York City in Part III?
(a) She does not want to have to move back in with her old roommate in New York City.
(b) She is completely broke.
(c) She has come to hate New York City.
(d) It will feel like she just wasted her time in Berlin.

11. Who is the first person the narrator asks to go to her visa appointment with her?
(a) Bergman.
(b) Henry.
(c) Frieda.
(d) Felix.

12. What major decision does the narrator make in Part III?
(a) To try to get married in Germany.
(b) To ask Felix's mother what was in his will.
(c) To ask her mother to move to Germany.
(d) To try to get a German visa.

13. What does the narrator sometimes find herself perusing on social media, without quite knowing why?
(a) Felix's old accounts.
(b) Her father's accounts.
(c) Her mother's accounts.
(d) Her own old accounts.

14. About how long does the narrator say she could go, while dating Felix, without having sex?
(a) One year.
(b) Not as long as two weeks.
(c) About two months.
(d) Four months.

15. What does the narrator often do as she walks the babies in the morning?
(a) Listen to podcasts.
(b) Eat.
(c) Flirt with people.
(d) Talk on the phone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator tell her new roommate she is in Berlin?

2. What does the narrator tell the German PhD student she used to study?

3. Why does the narrator try to avoid small talk in Berlin?

4. What does the narrator decide to do on her future dates with men from the dating website?

5. Where is the woman the narrator is subletting from living in Part III?

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