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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the day after attending the hockey game, what is wrong with Irma?
(a) She has pain in her abdomen.
(b) She has a headache.
(c) She had a stuffed nose.
(d) She runs a fever.

2. What does Irma hear from the street that makes her look outside in Chapter 19?
(a) Children yelling.
(b) Her father's whistle.
(c) A dog barking.
(d) Laughter.

3. What is the architectural style of the hotel in Rouginard?
(a) Baroque.
(b) Moorish.
(c) Gothic.
(d) Greek.

4. What does Axel do while he works in his studio?
(a) Whistles.
(b) Hums.
(c) Sings opera.
(d) Talks to himself.

5. What does Margot fling at Albert when he is trying to console her about her screen failure?
(a) An orange.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A vase.
(d) A cushion.

6. While sitting with Margot in their hotel room in Chapter 30, what could Albert hear from outside?
(a) A child crying.
(b) A game of tennis.
(c) English voices.
(d) Birds singing.

7. In Chapter 32, who does Elisabeth observe from her balcony?
(a) An ice cream vendor.
(b) A pigeon.
(c) Children playing.
(d) Two motorists having an argument.

8. Which illness is said to be going around Berlin in Chapter 19?
(a) Chicken pox.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Scarlet fever.

9. Whom does Margot run into on the street in her old neighborhood?
(a) Kaspar.
(b) Her father.
(c) Otto.
(d) Kurt.

10. Which of the following is NOT something Albert is said to be incapable of in Chapter 31?
(a) Tying a dress-tie.
(b) Paring his right-hand nails.
(c) Making up a parcel.
(d) Hanging a painting.

11. What does the air at Rouginard smell of in Chapter 28?
(a) Mint.
(b) Citrus.
(c) Thyme.
(d) Pine.

12. Who gossips about Albert at the end of Chapter 22?
(a) Albert's hall porter.
(b) Elisabeth.
(c) Axel.
(d) Otto.

13. What does Udo notice when he runs into Germans abroad?
(a) They travel in large groups.
(b) They assume no one can understand their language.
(c) They are very interested in local culture.
(d) They are rude.

14. In Chapter 32, what does the old woman see approaching in the opposite direction of Albert's car?
(a) A motorcycle.
(b) A small truck.
(c) Two cyclists.
(d) A horse-drawn carriage.

15. What happens when Margot lets Axel kiss her in Chapter 19?
(a) They are interrupted by Freida.
(b) His button gets caught in her lace.
(c) Margot slaps him afterward.
(d) Albert catches them in the act.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Udo say he would gladly write in since Germany is unappreciative of his work?

2. What is characteristic of the road that Albert and Margot drove down, away from Rouginard?

3. What does Axel do while Albert and Margot pack up and leave the hotel?

4. What lasting injury does Albert suffer as a result of his car accident?

5. When Margot visits the street she grew up on, what business has replaced the stationery shop?

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