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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the news broadcast, what does Paul do?
(a) He sits down to discuss the situation with Claire.
(b) He goes to Michel's room and confronts him about the incident.
(c) He calls the police.
(d) He calls his brother Serge for advice.

2. After Paul starts taking medication, what does he consider asking Claire?
(a) If Michel would do better at a private school.
(b) If Claire will go back to work.
(c) If they can take a trip with just the two of them.
(d) If she wants to have a second child.

3. How does Paul react to the bike shop owner's tirade?
(a) He threatens the shopkeeper with violence.
(b) He insults the shopkeeper's son.
(c) He apologizes and promises that Michel will stop playing ball outside his shop.
(d) He buys the most expensive bike in the store.

4. Outside the restaurant, when Paul tells Michel that he has seen the videos on his phone, what does Michel want to know?
(a) If Paul will help him destroy the evidence.
(b) Whether or not Paul is going to turn him in.
(c) Whether or not Claire knows.
(d) If Paul wants to hear the whole story of what happened.

5. What do Beau, Rick, and Michel do when they first discover a homeless woman on their way home from a party?
(a) They help her to a homeless shelter.
(b) They bully and harass her.
(c) They give her money.
(d) They report her to the police.

6. After the newscast, what realization does Paul choose to withhold from Claire?
(a) That Michel and Rick acted in self-defense.
(b) That Michel and Rick are the attackers.
(c) That he does not know the people who committed the crime.
(d) That Michel and Rick are witnesses, but otherwise uninvolved.

7. What dies Paul discover during Serge and Babette's visit to his home for dinner?
(a) That Serge and Babette have decided to adopt another child.
(b) That Claire has approved of Michel going to live with Serge and Babette.
(c) That Serge and Babette have never thought of Paul as a fit parent.
(d) That Serge is considering a run for prime minister.

8. Who is the school psychologist Paul went to see?
(a) Rothbower.
(b) Von Hoover.
(c) Van Dieren.
(d) Steinmann.

9. What has Serge decided to do, as made clear by the end of the dinner at the restaraunt?
(a) Use his connections to cover up the boys' crime.
(b) Drop out of the race for prime minister.
(c) File for divorce.
(d) Move permanently to France.

10. How does Paul respond when Serge tries to calm him down on the night Serge and Babette are at Paul's house for dinner?
(a) Paul withdraws and locks himself in his bedroom.
(b) Paul settles down and agrees to Serge's proposal.
(c) Paul ignores him and workes on cleaning the kitchen.
(d) Paul savagely beats his brother with a hot saucepan.

11. What dish does Paul prepare on the night that Serge and Babette come over to try and prove his domestic capabilities?
(a) Macaroni alla carbonara.
(b) Mashed potatoes with gravy.
(c) Ziti bolognese.
(d) Chicken and rice.

12. How does the bike shop owner respond to Paul's visit?
(a) He gives Michel a bell for his handlebars.
(b) He angrily refers to Michel as a punk.
(c) He tries to sell him a newer, more expensive bike.
(d) He thanks Paul for covering the damage.

13. Who at the table strongly argues that what had happened with the boys was only an accident?
(a) Claire.
(b) Serge.
(c) Babette.
(d) Paul.

14. Who at the table is the first to call what the boys did a murder?
(a) Babette.
(b) Paul.
(c) Serge.
(d) Claire.

15. In the flashback to when Paul is still teaching, where does he take a trip to?
(a) Paris.
(b) Copenhagen.
(c) New York.
(d) Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Beau, Rick, and Michel started throwing trash, what item nearly hit a woman in the head?

2. What additional information does Paul learn from his web searching?

3. Paul notes in Chapter 36 that both he and Michel have a dislike for what?

4. What test is usually used to diagnose Paul's disorder?

5. Later on the night of the news broadcast, what does Paul look for online?

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