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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Susie keep order in the hotel?
(a) Through using her bear costume.
(b) By just being nice to people and treating them with respect.
(c) By bribing the police.
(d) By yelling at people all the time.

2. Who goes to see what has happened to Miss Miscarriage?
(a) Win.
(b) Frank and Franny.
(c) John and Franny.
(d) John and Frank.

3. What is Egg's room like in the Vienna hotel?
(a) Huge but with no windows.
(b) Very small with no windows.
(c) Small but with a lot of windows.
(d) Not very much floor space but very, very tall.

4. Who overhears the news that the radicals can't find Miss Miscarriage?
(a) Susie.
(b) Lilly.
(c) Franny.
(d) John.

5. How long does the Berry family live in Vienna?
(a) Six months.
(b) Four years.
(c) Seven years.
(d) Two years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who insists that the family learn about Vienna before they move there?

2. What makes it obvious that Miss Miscarriage is dead?

3. How does Egg react to seeing Sorrow again -- this time in a demure sitting position?

4. What do Freud and Win hope to attract by naming their Vienna hotel the Hotel New Hampshire?

5. How many prostitutes does John sleep with the night before the radicals execute their plot?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does John start to cry when he is getting drinks with Win before they confront the radicals?

2. What does Frank tell John about what he remembers about his life in Vienna?

3. As his family is discussing the radicals' plot, why does John say he and his family are not good foreigners?

4. Which characters begin to take in the Berry children more after their mother dies -- and why?

5. What happens when John sees Chip on the streets of New York City?

6. Why is John and Frank's attorney amused at their interview with the owner of the hotel Win wants to buy?

7. What does Miss Miscarriage plead with John to do before the radicals' plot moves forward?

8. What advice does Franny give her siblings about living in Vienna when they first arrive?

9. How does Lilly feel after the successful publication of her first book?

10. What comments do Lilly and Susie make about the sexual tension between Franny and John before they sleep together?

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