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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the tourist boat Olga?
(a) The boat takes on too much water and begins to sink.
(b) The boat captain falls overboard.
(c) The boat crew gets sick and dies.
(d) The boat catches fire.

2. Why did Elsa leave Dieter in the first place?
(a) He had a child with another woman.
(b) She was no longer in love with him.
(c) He was not spending enough time with her.
(d) He was dating other women.

3. Why does Elsa not respect Dieter?
(a) Because he has never contacted his child.
(b) Because he can't hold down a job.
(c) Because he is not intelligent.
(d) Because he does not treat women well.

4. What are the children reciting when Thomas returns to the apartment?
(a) Their favorite song.
(b) The alphabet.
(c) The national anthem.
(d) A psalm.

5. What does Elsa contemplate while standing on the balcony?
(a) Leaving her boyfriend.
(b) Moving to Greece permanently.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Changing careers.

6. What kind of pressure has David experienced in his life?
(a) Catholic guilt.
(b) Jewish guilt.
(c) Perfectionism.
(d) Depression.

7. What does Fiona tell Vonni after her miscarriage?
(a) That she regrets her relationship with Shane.
(b) That she doesn't care if she recovers.
(c) That she fears she will never recover.
(d) That she wishes Shane hadn't left.

8. What do the local children sing at the funeral?
(a) Amazing Grace.
(b) Tannenbaum.
(c) Ave Maria.
(d) The national anthem.

9. Where does Vonni stay at night?
(a) At a luxury hotel.
(b) At the tavern.
(c) With her family members.
(d) In the shed with the hens.

10. Where did all of Andreas' brothers go?
(a) Spain.
(b) America.
(c) Italy.
(d) Ireland.

11. What is the death toll from the accident?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 24.
(d) 52.

12. What does Elsa offer to help Andreas do in Chapter Two?
(a) Find a wife.
(b) Pay his bills.
(c) Renovate the tavern.
(d) Write a letter to Adonis.

13. What does Andreas attribute the tragedy to?
(a) A horrible storm.
(b) Too many people on board, too much drinking and not enough emergency supplies.
(c) A broken navigation system.
(d) Not enough crew members.

14. Why does Fiona want to stay in Aghia Anna?
(a) She wants to attend Manos' funeral.
(b) All of her family is there.
(c) She is considering moving there.
(d) She has nowhere else to go.

15. What does Thomas discover was left on the upstairs landing?
(a) The dictionary and the atlas.
(b) The Bible and the rosary.
(c) The painting and the sculpture.
(d) The textbook and the journal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Andreas confess to Georgi?

2. Where do Elsa and Dieter have coffee?

3. What game do Thomas and David play?

4. Why does Andreas suggest that the tourists contact their loved ones back home?

5. What does Shane mock?

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