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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Wilhelm arrive at the funeral?
(a) The policeman orders him to go.
(b) He goes in because he wants to.
(c) There is a large crowd that forces him to go inside.
(d) He was invited to attend.

2. Why does Wilhelm seek out his father in the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) To ask about his sister.
(b) To get him to invest with Tamkin.
(c) To ask him for rent money again.
(d) To join him for a massage.

3. Why can't Wilhelm figure Tamkin out?
(a) Because he wants to believe him but the gossip is compelling.
(b) Because he doesn't know how to form his own opinion.
(c) He isn't trying to figure him out at all.
(d) Because Tamkin won't speak to him.

4. When the prices for rye rise, what does Wilhelm want to do?
(a) Wait and see what the prices will do in an hour.
(b) He wants to do whatever Tamkin thinks they should do.
(c) Sell their shares.
(d) Keep their shares.

5. The narrator tells us in Chapter 7: "He heard it and sank deeper than sorrow, through torn sobs and cries toward the consummation of his heart's ultimate need." Who is this statement about?
(a) Wilhelm.
(b) Tamkin.
(c) Dr. Adler.
(d) Mr. Perls.

6. What gift does Tamkin give to Wilhelm?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A book.
(c) A poem.
(d) A donation.

7. Why does Margaret call Wilhelm at the hotel?
(a) Because his sons want to talk to him.
(b) Because he sent her a postdated check and she wants a new one.
(c) Because she found a poem she wants him to hear.
(d) Because she wants him to come home.

8. Which character leaves the dining room at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Mr. Perls.
(c) Dr. Adler.
(d) Wilhelm.

9. Who says, "Only the present is real--the here-and-now. Seize the day."?
(a) Tamkin.
(b) Wilhelm.
(c) Dr. Adler.
(d) Rubin.

10. What is troubling about the money Tamkin invested?
(a) It is counterfeit money.
(b) It is all the money Tamkin has left.
(c) It was given in IOU's.
(d) It hasn't cleared the bank yet.

11. Why couldn't Tamkin put in the right amount of money for an "equal partnership"?
(a) Because it was tied up in other investments.
(b) Because the rest is considered his fee for the advice he's given to Wilhelm.
(c) Because he didn't think it was fair.
(d) Because it is not an equal partnership.

12. Wilhelm realizes that the name for his true soul may be which name given to him by his grandfather?
(a) Velvet.
(b) Wilky.
(c) Valor.
(d) Velvel.

13. Why did Wilhelm really leave his job?
(a) He bragged he would be an officer and was passed over for a son-in-law.
(b) He wanted to retire.
(c) He wanted to spend more time with his family.
(d) He was embezzling funds from the company and didn't want to be caught.

14. According to Tamkin, which two important words begin with M?
(a) Mercy and milk-of-human-kindness.
(b) Money and murder.
(c) Mother and machinery.
(d) Mischief and moreover.

15. While looking through Tamkin's things in Chapter 7, Wilhelm is interrupted by someone. Who is it?
(a) Someone's pet dog.
(b) Mr. Perls.
(c) The hotel housekeeper.
(d) Dr. Adler.

Short Answer Questions

1. While in the store, who does Mr. Rappaport compare himself to?

2. Who clears two hundred a week by investing only in soy beans?

3. Who says, "You really are a killer-diller."?

4. When Wilhelm and Tamkin go to the market, what state is Wilhelm in?

5. At the end of Chapter 6, where does Tamkin look for Wilhelm first?

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