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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. Where does Otto live?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Paris.
(c) Munich.
(d) Dusseldorf.

2. The narrator likes to refer to himself as which of the following?
(a) Rock.
(b) Sponge.
(c) Water.
(d) Camera.

3. Who does Christopher refer to as being "mere ghosts?"
(a) Women in hospital.
(b) Women of his past.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Boarding house tenants.

4. What is Christopher's attitude toward Fraulein Schroeder?
(a) Cold.
(b) Stunned.
(c) Apathetic.
(d) Compassionate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Christopher compares staying at the Nowaks to being where?

2. The young American woos Sally with talk of which of the following?

3. What is the surname of the Jewish family for whom Christopher works?

4. Christopher refers to his series of vignettes as a:

5. What is the girl's last name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Christopher discover when he returns to the Nowak house to pick up Otto?

2. What is familiar about the lodgings of the narrator?

3. What is the purpose of Christopher's trip to Ruegen Island? Where does he stay while on the island?

4. What is the subtitle to this section? When and where do the events take place?

5. With which two family members does Christopher seem to connect with the most?

6. Who is Clive? What is the relationship between Sally, Christopher and Clive?

7. What is the nature of the relationship between Peter and Otto?

8. How does Christopher end up living with Otto and his mother, Frau Nowak? Describe the atmosphere.

9. What are Christopher's final thoughts on the events of the past several years?

10. What was Christopher's reaction to being flirted with by two of the three ill women at the sanitarium?

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