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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 Axel find left behind in Albert and Margot's hotel room?
(a) An envelope containing cash.
(b) A note.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) One of Margot's shoes.

2. What hangs in the back window of Albert's car?
(a) A tropical postcard.
(b) A miniature top hat.
(c) A floral sachet.
(d) A plush monkey.

3. What does Axel ask Dorianna at the end of Chapter 23?
(a) If she was a fan of Bach.
(b) If she had read Tolstoy.
(c) If she had ever been to America.
(d) If she wanted to go for a drink.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Irma dream about when she goes to sleep in Chapter 19?

3. What happens when Margot lets Axel kiss her in Chapter 19?

4. What does Irma hear from the street that makes her look outside in Chapter 19?

5. Axel tells Albert he is leaving France for ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. After running into Margot in the street, what does Kaspar think to himself about her?

2. What does Chapter 31 begin with an explanation and description of?

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

4. In Chapter 29, what does Udo say he heard while on the bus?

5. What happens as a result of the layout of the hotel where Albert, Margot, and Axel stay at in Rouginard?

6. What does Axel tell the cook he hires from the mountain village?

7. What does Albert do when he finds out about Margot and Axel's affair?

8. What is Albert's trip to Zurich from France like?

9. What suggestion does Axel make to Albert in Chapter 25?

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

(see the answer keys)

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