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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. What product did Wilhelm's company make?
(a) Children's books.
(b) Children's furniture.
(c) Children's watches.
(d) Children's toys.

2. What career did Wilhelm have that helped him conceal his troubles?
(a) An actor.
(b) A magician.
(c) A salesman.
(d) A chef.

3. What does Dr. Adler think about Wilhelm and Margaret?
(a) He thinks Wilhelm should stop giving her so much money.
(b) He thinks Wilhelm should kidnap his sons and run away.
(c) He thinks Wilhelm and Margaret should renew their vows.
(d) He thinks Wilhelm should move back in.

4. Who says, "And I want nobody on my back. Get off!"
(a) Margaret.
(b) Wilhelm.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Dr. Adler

5. How does Dr. Adler feel about Wilhelm?
(a) He feels he makes too much of his problems.
(b) He feels that Wilhelm is beyond the point of fixing anything in his life.
(c) He feels he should have been a psychiatrist.
(d) He feels he is not really his son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wilhelm's own son call him?

2. What does Wilhelm do to show Dr. Adler how Margaret treats him?

3. Does Wilhelm consider himself a good conversationalist?

4. Which speech impediment is exaggerated whenever Wilhelm speaks with his dad?

5. Why was Dr. Adler never around in Wilhelm's childhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wilhelm hope to receive from Mr. Rappaport in Chapter 5?

2. What is the significance of the power of attorney document that Wilhelm signs for Tamkin?

3. What is the main reason that Wilhelm begins to cry at the funeral in Chapter 7? Why does he continue?

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

5. What is the importance of this quote in relation to Wilhelm: "Someone had said, and Wilhelm agreed with the saying, that in Los Angeles, all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America had been tilted and everything that wasn't tightly screwed down had slid into Southern California."?

6. What happens in Chapter 7 when Wilhelm goes to see his father in the spa?

7. As Wilhelm walks Mr. Rappaport to get cigarettes, what story does he hear?

8. In Chapter 6, Tamkin also shares the story of his wife. What became of her?

9. In Chapter 4, Wilhelm reveals the real reason he lost his job. What is it?

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

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