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

2. How does Bernard allegedly die?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Car accident.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Heart failure.

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

4. Why does Peter plan to go to see a doctor once he returns home?
(a) Head cold.
(b) Food poisoning.
(c) Severe sunburn.
(d) Analysis.

5. What sport is highly popular in Berlin at this time?
(a) Boxing.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Gymnastics.
(d) Wrestling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the cousin work?

2. What eventually causes Christopher to leave the island?

3. Where does Bowles work?

4. What is the name of the precocious daughter?

5. Where does Christopher go after he leaves Berlin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Peter shows several instances of mental illness. Describe the illness and what Peter has chosen to do about it.

2. What is the phrase the narrator uses to describe himself?

3. What becomes of Fraulein Schroeder?

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

5. What is the overall format of the book? What is one of the main recurring themes?

6. Who are the residents of the boarding house?

7. How does the author describe Peter and Otto?

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

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

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

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