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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. What advice does Dot give Sabine?
(a) Don't loan Howard any money.
(b) Go home before she will decide to stay forever.
(c) Don't get involved in Kitty's life.
(d) Stick to the main roads when it snows.

2. What is Sabine mildly surprised to find in Parsifal's room?
(a) Gun.
(b) Journal.
(c) Puzzles.
(d) Magic kit.

3. Who does Sabine call to tell that she had arrived safely in Nebraska?
(a) Her boss.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Walter.
(d) Hugo.

4. Who comes to see Sabine as she tries to fall asleep?
(a) Emma.
(b) Bertie.
(c) Dot.
(d) Kitty.

5. Who is Kitty's other son?
(a) Joe.
(b) Dave.
(c) Sam.
(d) Guy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What medical treatment does Bertie require?

2. What has the family forgotten to do for the last two weeks?

3. What does Sabine wonder about her parents?

4. What had Dot always expected would happen in her life?

5. What does Sabine spend the day doing in Parsifal's room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sabine tell her parents about her visit with the Fetters family so far?

2. How do the stories about Albert Fetters make Sabine realize that Parsifal did what he had to do in order to survive?

3. How does Sabine come to realize that Parsifal had had a hard life long before she met him?

4. How do Sabine's views of the world differ from Dot's perspective?

5. How are Sabine's memories of the Tonight Show performance different from how the Fetters family views it?

6. Why does Sabine realize a newfound respect for Howard?

7. What is Sabine's dream as she naps with Kitty?

8. What makes Sabine think about her father when Kitty speaks to her about her own boys?

9. Why does Kitty fear that Sabine will never want to visit the Fetters family again?

10. Why is Kitty returning home for awhile and how do Dot and Sabine view this differently?

(see the answer keys)

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