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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what town do police come to investigate Klara’s death?
(a) Waldenburg.
(b) Warsaw.
(c) Breslau.
(d) Opole.

2. How does the novel gloss the term “czernina”?
(a) Pumpkin soup.
(b) Duck-blood soup.
(c) Gumbo.
(d) Hare-heart soup.

3. Which of the following does the novel note should feature on the European coat of arms?
(a) Alder.
(b) Beech.
(c) Maple.
(d) Oak.

4. With which of the following does the novel begin?
(a) “We are always here.”
(b) “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”
(c) “Before the droshky moved off, with a sort of mischievous joy she threw it up in the air, letting it fall straight into her mouth.”
(d) “The view is obscured by clouds of steam from the locomotive that trail along the platform.”

5. What color eyes does Mieczyś have?
(a) Blue.
(b) Hazel.
(c) Brown.
(d) Green.

6. For what government had August’s father worked?
(a) French.
(b) Prussian.
(c) Belarussian.
(d) Austrian.

7. Which of the following are noted as flowering in Lwów?
(a) Clover.
(b) Lantanas.
(c) Zinnias.
(d) Chrysanthemums.

8. Which of the following does Raimund serve at the witches’ mouths?
(a) Wine.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Beer.
(d) Tea.

9. From which of the following did Mieczyś travel to reach Görbersdorf?
(a) Breslau.
(b) Warsaw.
(c) Opole.
(d) Waldenburg.

10. In what town is Klara interred?
(a) Langwaltersdorf.
(b) Kurzgustavsdorf.
(c) Langgustavsdorf.
(d) Kurzwaltersdorf.

11. With which of the following languages does Mieczyś associate pain?
(a) Latin.
(b) Hebrew.
(c) English.
(d) Greek.

12. How much water is used to quench the charcoal retorts?
(a) 100 barrels.
(b) 100 gallons.
(c) 100 liters.
(d) 100 pints.

13. On what day is Klara’s funeral?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Tuesday.

14. Near what sea does August claim mantises arise?
(a) Mediterranean.
(b) Caribbean.
(c) Caspian.
(d) Black.

15. What was the name of Mieczyś’s German teacher?
(a) Baum.
(b) Brian.
(c) Herbert.
(d) Frank.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what kind of vehicle does Mieczyś ride from the train station to his lodgings?

2. Which of the following descriptors is applied to Thilo?

3. Who rebukes Mieczyś and Thilo for being late to take their rest-cure?

4. What was the name of the first headmaster under whom Mieczyś studied?

5. From which Gospel is a reading taken at Klara’s funeral?

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