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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. What is the main reason Julian dislikes Berlin?
(a) He does not speak German and feels foolish.
(b) He is Jewish.
(c) He hates German food.
(d) He got sick there.

2. Who calls Monika to tell her her mother is ill?
(a) Dieter.
(b) Bruno.
(c) Julian.
(d) Teddy.

3. What item does Dieter see in a museum that he knows he smuggled from Turkey decades earlier?
(a) The gold Byzantine coins.
(b) The clay Hittite tablet.
(c) The amphora.
(d) The glazed tiles.

4. How had Kiki reacted when Osman cut his hand and bled on a tablecloth on the farm?
(a) She bandaged it for him.
(b) She left the room.
(c) She yelled at him in front of his father.
(d) She fainted.

5. What does Bruno ask Monika to do for her mother?
(a) Give her some money.
(b) Divorce Julian.
(c) Hire a nurse.
(d) Move to Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Kiki run into and go one one date with in Istanbul after breaking up with Osman?

2. What season was the hardest for Kiki on the farm?

3. What does Steffi end up spending her share of their smuggling money mostly on?

4. What part of Berlin did Monika grow up in?

5. What language other than English does Monika speak?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Monika tell Lynette is the purpose of her job at the museum?

2. What is Steffi's role as she travels around Turkey buying artifacts with Dieter and Bruno?

3. Why is Julian, Monika's husband, touchy and moody in Chapter 7?

4. How does Monika respond when Bruno tells her Steffi could use some money?

5. What does Kiki do with her last two rugs from Emir after she gets to New York City?

6. How did Kiki feel about working on Osman's family's farm?

7. In what way does Bruno say he can help Monika and Julian?

8. Why does Kiki still stay in touch with her friend Pat after all the years they have known each other?

9. Towards the end of their travels in Turkey, what does Bruno suggest doing to Steffi that shocks Dieter?

10. Why are the three Germans so impressed with the clay tablet they come across at the archaeological site they visit in their travels across Turkey?

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