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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What religion was Wilhelm's mother during his childhood?
(a) She was part of a Reform congregation.
(b) She was Southern Baptist.
(c) She was Catholic.
(d) She had no religion.

2. Who claims to treat his friends without being paid?
(a) Wilhelm.
(b) Mr. Perls.
(c) Tamkin.
(d) Dr. Adler.

3. What advice does Margaret give Wilhelm in Chapter 7?
(a) To go back to work for the Rojax Corporation.
(b) To become an actor.
(c) To make his father give them money.
(d) To invest more money in the stock market.

4. What did Wilhelm sign that would give Tamkin the authority to speculate with his money?
(a) A power of business partner.
(b) He refused to sign anything.
(c) A power of investor.
(d) A power of attorney.

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

6. What is the second thing Wilhelm does in the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) He goes to the dining room at the hotel.
(b) He goes to the newsstand.
(c) He goes to the stock market.
(d) He goes to the health club at the hotel.

7. Who says in Chapter 7: "I was the man beneath; [he] was on my back, and I thought I was on his.
(a) Wilhelm.
(b) Tamkin.
(c) Mr. Rappaport.
(d) Dr. Adler.

8. How does Wilhelm react to seeing the dead man?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He cries.
(c) He leaves the room.
(d) He screams.

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

10. While paying his respects to the dead man, what does Wilhelm think of?
(a) What he will eat at the reception.
(b) The dead man's family.
(c) His own life and problems.
(d) All the money he won on the stock market.

11. Why doesn't Margaret want to get a job herself?
(a) Because she feels it's the man place to work.
(b) Because she's unqualified.
(c) Because she feels she needs to be at home for her sons.
(d) Because she is lazy.

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

13. In reality, in what commodity has Tamkin moved Wilhelm's money?
(a) Corn.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Rye.

14. What religion was Dr. Adler during Wilhelm's childhood?
(a) He was Jewish.
(b) He was Catholic.
(c) He had no religion.
(d) He was Protestant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the funeral guests whispering to themselves at the end of Chapter 7?

2. When Wilhelm receives an urgent message from Margaret, what does he believe it is?

3. Wilhelm leaves a note for his dad at the front desk of his hotel and asks him for what?

4. Why is Wilhelm annoyed by Tamkin's story about his patient?

5. How much does Wilhelm say he needs to get by for his wife and two boys per year?

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