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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. In "Chata," Viktor goes to visit Kata who is wary to be alone with him because who is always watching her?
(a) Liesel's mother.
(b) Oskar.
(c) Ottilie.
(d) Hana.

2. Liesel and Viktor's architect intends to create a stone wall in the great room which he says will be the color of whose hair?
(a) Zdenka's.
(b) Viktor's.
(c) Liesel's.
(d) Ottilie's.

3. In "Construction," Liesel and Viktor's architect describes wanting to build a house that does what?
(a) Stands up to the elements.
(b) Floats on water.
(c) Represents freedom.
(d) Floats on air.

4. What does Hana foresee about Liesel's baby in "Hana"?
(a) It will be a boy.
(b) It will grow up in America.
(c) It will be rich.
(d) It will be a girl.

5. In "Love," Viktor and Kata tour Vienna and come across what group?
(a) Children.
(b) Nuns.
(c) Priests.
(d) Painters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oskar think of Viktor's house, as described in "Exterior"?

2. Who comforts Liesel when she becomes upset thinking of her brother in "Conception"?

3. What is the name of the woman with whom Viktor begins having an affair in "Onyx"?

4. In "Small Issue," Viktor decides that what month is the latest the family can stay in Czechoslovakia?

5. Who does Liesel insist should be the godmother to her daughter, despite her husband's protestations?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Liesel and Viktor ask the architect to build in "Commitment"? What is his response?

2. What political altercation takes place at the dinner party in "Dinner"?

3. What does the architect think of Liesel and Viktor in "Honeymoon"? What does he relate about his work?

4. What does Rainer relate of his ideas for the house in "Conception"?

5. How is the fundraiser described in "Recital"? What does the author write of the house in this chapter?

6. What does Viktor discuss with Kata in "Proposal"? What concerns does Kata have?

7. What is foreshadowed about the house in "Completion"?

8. What interaction do Liesel and Viktor have with Rainer von Abt in "Construction"?

9. What architect do Liesel and Viktor meet in "Honeymoon"? Where?

10. What emotional conflict does Hana face in "Memories"? Who consoles her?

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