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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 10: p. 119-132.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator examine as he waits for his hot tea?
(a) An infection on his temple.
(b) A cut on his finger.
(c) The innkeeper's body.
(d) The dirt on the inn's floor.

2. What does the narrator say about a suicide calculated in advance?
(a) It is not an act of desperation.
(b) It makes him depressed.
(c) It's amusing.
(d) It is pathetic.

3. What did Wertheimer promise to leave to the innkeeper if he died first?
(a) A valuable bracelet.
(b) A ring.
(c) A valuable necklace.
(d) His bedroom furniture.

4. What did Glenn nickname the narrator?
(a) The philosopher.
(b) Candy Man.
(c) Judge.
(d) The loser.

5. What happened to Wertheimer when he left his house after his sister moved out?
(a) He collapsed and a neighbor took him home.
(b) He fell into a pool.
(c) He hit his head on the concrete.
(d) He got drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the narrator travel to on train as he observed the countryside?

2. How did the innkeeper's husband die?

3. What did the innkeeper ask in her letter?

4. How long did Glenn play in public?

5. How many letters did the narrator ignore from Wertheimer before Wertheimer's death?

(see the answer key)

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