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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do Wilhelm and Tamkin do instead of going over to the market?
(a) They go to swim in the hotel's pool.
(b) They sit down and have coffee and breakfast.
(c) They go to the news stand to catch up on current events.
(d) They go to the movies.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. How much have Wilhelm and Tamkin invested together?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $1,300.
(c) $1,500.
(d) $700.

12. In Wilhelm's mind, what is the big question regarding Tamkin?
(a) Whether to have breakfast with him.
(b) Whether to be his friend.
(c) Whether Tamkin should marry Catherine.
(d) Whether or not to trust him.

13. When Wilhelm receives an urgent message from Margaret, what does he believe it is?
(a) He thinks something is wrong with his sons.
(b) He thinks something is wrong with his dog.
(c) He thinks something is wrong with Margaret.
(d) He thinks the lawyers have finally quit.

14. What does Wilhelm secretly hope that Tamkin will do for him?
(a) Improve his health.
(b) Transform his life.
(c) Make him a better public speaker.
(d) He hopes he will do nothing for him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character remains "unbending, remorselessly unbending" at the end of Chapter 7?

2. Why couldn't Tamkin put in the right amount of money for an "equal partnership"?

3. 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?

4. What is the purpose of Tamkin's "Here-and-now" exercise?

5. What advice does Margaret give Wilhelm in Chapter 7?

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