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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Wilhelm, who would Dr. Adler like to be rid of?
(a) All the guests at the hotel.
(b) Wilhelm and his sister.
(c) Wilhelm and Dr. Perls.
(d) Wilhelm and Margaret.

2. What does Margaret want Wilhelm to pay for in regard to their sons?
(a) Private school.
(b) Clothes for school.
(c) Soccer lessons.
(d) Education insurance policies her mother had taken out on the boys before she died.

3. What are Wilhelm and Tamkin doing together at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Going to the movies.
(b) Speculating in the market.
(c) Taking a swim in the pool.
(d) Writing a screenplay.

4. At breakfast, what does Wilhelm take that bothers his father?
(a) Vitamins.
(b) He doesn't take anything.
(c) Pills.
(d) Aspirin.

5. Which character thinks, ""I am an idiot. I have no reserve."
(a) Dr. Adler.
(b) Mr. Perls.
(c) Wilhelm.
(d) Rubin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What floor of the hotel does Dr. Adler live on?

2. Does Wilhelm consider himself a good conversationalist?

3. How does Dr. Adler feel about Wilhelm?

4. Wilhelm receives a complaint from Margaret about what?

5. What was Dr. Adler's former career?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, we learn that Wilhelm appeared in as an extra in a movie twenty years ago. What was his role?

2. What is the one item that Wilhelm tells Dr. Adler he wanted most when he left Margaret and why?

3. Is Dr. Adler respected by the others at the Hotel? How do you know?

4. Instead of using Tamkin's here-and-now exercise, what does Wilhelm close his eyes and hear?

5. In Chapter 4, Tamkin tells Wilhelm, "Facts always are sensational. I'll say that a second time. Facts always! are sensational!" What is his purpose for making that statement?

6. What particular feature of Tamkin does Wilhelm constantly refer to in Chapter 4? And how do they change throughout the chapter?

7. According to Wilhelm in Chapter 6, why won't Margaret marry again?

8. Why does Wilhelm agree to sign a power of attorney document for Tamkin?

9. In Chapter 5, what do we learn about Mr. Rowland that helped to convince Wilhelm to invest more money in the stock market?

10. Describe Wilhelm's first impressions of Mr. Perls in Chapter 2.

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