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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Sally visit after the young man vanishes?
(a) Christopher.
(b) Police.
(c) Klaus.
(d) Schroeder.

2. Where does Christopher go after he leaves Berlin?
(a) US.
(b) Russia.
(c) England.
(d) Mexico.

3. What is the name of the cousin Christopher befriends?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Piet.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Benjamin.

4. Christopher refers to his series of vignettes as a:
(a) Diary.
(b) Memoir.
(c) Photo album.
(d) Waste of time.

5. Frau Nowak suffers from which affliction?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Rash.
(d) Pneumonia.

6. What word best describes Otto's behavior?
(a) Impulsive.
(b) Rude.
(c) Careful.
(d) Strategic.

7. What eventually causes Christopher to leave the island?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Bad weather.
(c) Illness.
(d) Writer's block.

8. Which of the following characters moves out of the boarding house, making room for Fraulein Bowles?
(a) Mayr.
(b) Kost.
(c) Christopher.
(d) Schroeder.

9. Christopher compares staying at the Nowaks to being where?
(a) Jungle.
(b) Underwater.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Hell.

10. What is the surname of the Jewish family for whom Christopher works?
(a) Bettelheim.
(b) Schroeder.
(c) Klaus.
(d) Landauers.

11. Where does the narrator live?
(a) Rooming house.
(b) YMCA.
(c) Warehouse.
(d) Apartment.

12. In what month is Section 5 set?
(a) August.
(b) September.
(c) October.
(d) November.

13. When Christopher returns to the Nowak house to find Otto, he learns that the family seems quite content to live without which of the following?
(a) Water.
(b) Food.
(c) A roof.
(d) Power.

14. How does Christopher describe the food served at the Nowak house?
(a) Traditional.
(b) Average.
(c) Tasty.
(d) Bad.

15. Christopher talks about being fearful during which incident?
(a) Being faced with Nazis.
(b) Walking down a dark alley.
(c) Ill woman approach him.
(d) Traveling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who visits with Christopher?

2. What is the adjective best used to describe Otto's neighborhood?

3. What is the name of the enigmatic character in the house?

4. What is the name of the narrator?

5. How does Bernard allegedly die?

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