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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many friends does Richard see every year at a party his neighbors, Detlef and Sylvia, host?
(a) 20-25.
(b) 18-20.
(c) 10-12.
(d) 12-15.

2. How tall is the fountain that has terraces arranged like a staircase?
(a) 343 meters.
(b) 365 meters.
(c) 287 meters.
(d) 205 meters.

3. What the the date of the book Negerliteratur?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1946.

4. In Chapter 17, where does a security guard think the refugees may be transferred?
(a) Hasenholz.
(b) Dahmsdorf.
(c) 5 miles outside Ruhlsdorf.
(d) 5 miles outside Buckow.

5. Where did Richard go on his first work trip after the fall of the Wall?
(a) New York City.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Berne.

6. In August, how many men gather in front of Berlin's Town Hall who decide to stop eating and drinking?
(a) 14.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

7. How many of Richard's former students are tenured professors?
(a) 2 or 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 6.
(d) 4 or 5.

8. When did a man die in the lake?
(a) August.
(b) July.
(c) June.
(d) May.

9. How many boxes of books did Richard and his wife have when they moved into their house 20 years ago?
(a) 117.
(b) 205.
(c) 80.
(d) 120.

10. What did Richard sell when he was a child at the West Berlin train station Gesundbrunnen?
(a) Raspberries.
(b) Blackberries.
(c) Mulberries.
(d) Blueberries.

11. How many miles have the refugees heard that the bus stop is from the place where the Senate wants to transfer them in Chapter 17?
(a) 2 miles.
(b) 3 miles.
(c) 3 1/2 miles.
(d) 2 1/2 miles.

12. When was the Wall torn down in Berlin?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1989.

13. How long has the young woman been teaching the refugees German?
(a) 8 weeks.
(b) Since the summer.
(c) Since spring.
(d) 4 months.

14. Over the next two weeks in Chapter 5, how many times does Richard go to physical therapy?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

15. How many daughter's did Rashid's father have before Rashid was born?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the lights go off at the occupied school, what is stolen from a refugee?

2. When did Sylvia, Richard's neighbor, fall ill?

3. How long ago was Richard's neighbor, Detlef employed as an interior design consultant?

4. What authors does Richard think he might read now that he is retired?

5. How deep is the lake?

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