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

2. What does Margot say Axel is in the habit of confiding in her?
(a) His love affairs.
(b) His hopes and dreams.
(c) His professional secrets.
(d) Stories about his family.

3. What does Axel say is "the point of life's joke" in Chapter 22?
(a) Illness.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Death.
(d) Divorce.

4. In Chapter 27, where does Albert run off to thinking he will still be able to catch his bus?
(a) A bar.
(b) A souvenir shop.
(c) Back to his hotel room.
(d) A bakery.

5. While sick, how does Margot amuse herself in Chapter 20?
(a) By reading movie magazines.
(b) By writing letters.
(c) By making prank phone calls.
(d) By bothering Albert.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 33, what operation has Albert undergone?

2. What service does Axel offer to provide Albert for his trip to the South?

3. Which illness is said to be going around Berlin in Chapter 19?

4. In Chapter 31, what does an old woman collect high above the road?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Albert find different about his vacation with Margot in Rouginard as opposed to their vacation in Solfi?

2. What lie does Albert tell Margot at the end of Chapter 24?

3. What does Albert come to realize as he lies alone in his hospital bed in Chapter 33?

4. What does Albert think might happen at Irma's funeral?

5. Why does Udo greet Albert with a bit of touchiness when they run into each other for a second time?

6. What happens when Margot allows Axel to kiss her in Chapter 19?

7. What does the retired French colonel tell Albert which makes him suspicious?

8. Why was Axel delighted that Margot was a failure on the screen?

9. How does the author make it clear that Elisabeth senses when Albert's accident occurs?

10. What occurs when Margot removes her coat in Chapter 31?

(see the answer keys)

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