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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wilhelm find Dr. Adler doing in Chapter 7?
(a) Taking a dip in the pool.
(b) Reading the paper.
(c) Getting a massage.
(d) Getting a haircut.

2. Who is the very old man that can't see the board?
(a) Mr. Rappaport.
(b) Dr. Adler.
(c) Mr. Perls.
(d) Rubin.

3. What is the first thing that Wilhelm does in the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) He goes to the stock market with Tamkin.
(b) He goes to the Hotel Gloriana to find Dr. Tamkin.
(c) He meets Dr. Adler for coffee.
(d) He buys a newspaper from Rubin.

4. Which character remains "unbending, remorselessly unbending" at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Rubin.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Mr. Perls.

5. Who clears two hundred a week by investing only in soy beans?
(a) Mr. Perls.
(b) Mr. Rowland.
(c) Tamkin.
(d) Mr. Rappaport.

6. Whose eyes "were as brown as beaver fur and full of strange lines?"
(a) Tamkin's.
(b) Mr. Perl's.
(c) Dr. Adler's.
(d) Wilhelm's.

7. While in Tamkin's room at the hotel, what does Wilhelm notice most about the river?
(a) How fast the current is moving.
(b) The current.
(c) The smell.
(d) How deep it is.

8. In which commodity does Wilhelm believe his money is in?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Lard.
(c) Rye.
(d) Eggs.

9. Who says, "...as a salesman you are basically an artist type. the seller is in the visionary sphere of the business function. And then you're an actor, too."
(a) Tamkin.
(b) Wilhelm.
(c) Mr. Perls.
(d) Mr. Rappaport.

10. Why is it too late for Wilhelm to make any decisions about Tamkin's character?
(a) Because Wilhelm has already given him all his money.
(b) Because Wilhelm has already made up his mind.
(c) Because Wilhelm is leaving the city and going home to his family.
(d) Because Dr. Adler has already told Wilhelm not to trust him.

11. Which of the following is NOT something Tamkin claims to have done in his life?
(a) He had been in a criminal underworld called the Detroit Purple Gang.
(b) He was head of a mental clinic in Toledo.
(c) He was a successful extra in Hollywood.
(d) He worked with a Polish inventor on an unsinkable ship.

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

13. Wilhelm leaves a note for his dad at the front desk of his hotel and asks him for what?
(a) To join him for a massage in the hotel spa.
(b) To pay his rent this month.
(c) To join him and Tamkin for dinner that night.
(d) To pay his bill at the restaurant.

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

15. How much money does Wilhelm invest with Tamkin?
(a) $1000.
(b) $300.
(c) $700.
(d) $1500.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Tamkin invest?

2. Who says in Chapter 7: "I was the man beneath; [he] was on my back, and I thought I was on his.

3. What do Wilhelm and Tamkin do instead of going over to the market?

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

5. What does it mean when Tamkin 'works the house' at the stock market?

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