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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What holiday do Bradshaw and Norris spend together?
(a) Fourth of July.
(b) Christmas.
(c) New Year's Eve.
(d) Thanksgiving.

2. What was Norris' true destination?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Sydney.

3. What is the surname of the narrator?
(a) Boring.
(b) Bradshaw.
(c) Norris.
(d) Nickerson.

4. What activity does Bradshaw scheme to get out of because it induced extreme boredom?
(a) Card game.
(b) Dinner party.
(c) Lecture.
(d) Skiing lessons.

5. What word is best used to describe the behavior received by Bradshaw in the bar?
(a) Dismissive.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Apathetic.
(d) Angry.

6. What happened to the Baron?
(a) He became a Nazi.
(b) He committed suicide.
(c) He was put into a mental hospital.
(d) He fled the country.

7. Bradshaw learns that Norris had spent time in which place?
(a) Hospital.
(b) Prison.
(c) Military.
(d) Mental institution.

8. Bradshaw recounts his last _____ in Germany.
(a) Months.
(b) Years.
(c) Days.
(d) Weeks.

9. Who protects Norris from the unwanted visitor?
(a) Bayer.
(b) Schroeder.
(c) Piet.
(d) Bradshaw.

10. Bradshaw finally manages to get information from which of the characters?
(a) Arthur.
(b) William.
(c) Anni.
(d) Bayer.

11. Norris is paid for importing and exporting which of the following:
(a) Antiques.
(b) Books.
(c) Bearer bonds.
(d) Information.

12. According to Bradshaw, what kind of excuses are made by Norris?
(a) Plausible.
(b) Ridiculous.
(c) Impossible.
(d) Weak.

13. What occupation did the Baron profess to have?
(a) None.
(b) Industrialist.
(c) Photographer.
(d) Financial broker.

14. What finally breaks the tension between the Baron and Norris?
(a) Party.
(b) Argument.
(c) Barroom brawl.
(d) Joke.

15. What is the destination of the two men?
(a) Hamburg.
(b) Bavaria.
(c) Munich.
(d) Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bradshaw do while waiting for Norris?

2. With which appliance does Schroeder have an urgent problem?

3. Who steals the money causing the event to be canceled?

4. What is Schmidt's condition in this part of the story?

5. What is the name of the mysterious person with whom Norris communicates?

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