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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many tenants live at the narrator's home?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

2. What does Christopher usually do during the day?
(a) Teach.
(b) Watch TV.
(c) Write.
(d) Sleep.

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

4. What is a common activity in the Nowak house?
(a) Bickering.
(b) Watching TV.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Football.

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

6. What is this character's profession?
(a) Secret Service agent.
(b) Book salesman.
(c) Minister.
(d) Bartender.

7. What is the name of the enigmatic character in the house?
(a) Berwick.
(b) Boris.
(c) Bruce.
(d) Bobby.

8. What is the first name of Fraulein Bowles?
(a) Sally.
(b) Anni.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Emily.

9. 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) Food.
(b) Water.
(c) Power.
(d) A roof.

10. What is the narrator's profession?
(a) Tutor.
(b) Landscaper.
(c) Writer.
(d) Baker.

11. What is the girl's last name?
(a) Bernstein.
(b) Benson.
(c) Borgen.
(d) Bloomberg.

12. What finally ends the trouble relationship between Otto and Peter?
(a) Peter is in a car accident.
(b) Otto leaves.
(c) Peter leaves.
(d) Otto dies.

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

14. At the end of the story, what emotion does Christopher feel for Berlin?
(a) Revulsion.
(b) Resentment.
(c) Love.
(d) Gratitude.

15. Christopher is certainly a person that supports which culture?
(a) Nazi.
(b) Socialist.
(c) Homosexual.
(d) Country.

Short Answer Questions

1. There is a young man that approaches Christopher asking about English lessons. What item is the man really trying to sell?

2. Although some of the confrontations between Nazis and Jews were _________, most were violent.

3. What is Christopher's final feeling about the events that have occurred during his time in Berlin?

4. Which of the following characters moves out of the boarding house, making room for Fraulein Bowles?

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

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