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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 often do non-regular guests come into the hotel?
(a) At least once a week.
(b) Every other day or so.
(c) Rarely, if ever.
(d) Every day.

2. What do Franny and John do after they finish sleeping with each other?
(a) They order room service.
(b) They never speak again.
(c) They pretend it didn't happen.
(d) They go on a vacation together.

3. Why are the prostitutes at the hotel in Vienna not a problem?
(a) Because prostitution is legal there.
(b) Because they'll be gone by the time the Berrys arrive.
(c) Because they bring in good guests for the hotel.
(d) Because no one knows they are prostitutes.

4. In what kind of location is the Vienna hotel?
(a) Right next to some very noisy train tracks.
(b) Very obscure.
(c) Down a cute and charming street.
(d) Right in the middle of downtown.

5. Why is Egg nervous about moving to Vienna?
(a) Because he doesn't like change.
(b) Because he is afraid of getting lost there for some reason.
(c) Because he didn't like it the first time they were there.
(d) Because he can't "see" what it will be like.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Win sell the hotel to before the family leaves for Vienna?

2. What hotel does the family stay in when they return to the United States after Vienna?

3. Shortly after arriving in Vienna, what do Frank and John find Susie and Franny doing?

4. Where are Frank and Lilly while John and Franny are intimate with each other?

5. What has happened to Freud's eyesight during the time the family was managing their own hotel back in the States?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When does Win say he'll take the children back to the U.S., per their request?

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

4. What is the ultimate goal of the family's revenge plan on Chip?

5. Why does Franny announce that she's going to take on the role of parent in the family?

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

7. Why is Frank's decision to major in Economics a wise one?

8. Why does Win want a dog?

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

10. Why does Lilly say she wished she had stayed with Fritz back at the original Hotel New Hampshire?

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