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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marguerite tell Huguenau they can do when they have enough money?
(a) Live like the aristocrats.
(b) Buy a winery.
(c) Buy a restaurant.
(d) Go away together.

2. What do the doctors at the hospital feel they are doing with the patients?
(a) Injuring them further.
(b) Putting them back together to be shot again.
(c) Healing their bodies and souls.
(d) Protecting them from the war.

3. What did Joachim regret in relation to his brother?
(a) Leaving him behind.
(b) Taking more than his share of the family estate.
(c) Cutting him out of the business.
(d) Causing the pony to be hurt and shot.

4. Who is Mother Hentjen?
(a) A restaurant owner.
(b) August's mother.
(c) A baroness.
(d) A prostitute.

5. What does August say he is thinking of doing with Marguerite?
(a) Adopting her.
(b) Sending her to an orphanage.
(c) Raising her as a boy.
(d) Sending her back to her father.

6. How does August know Martin?
(a) They are partners.
(b) The two men are enemies.
(c) August is a union member.
(d) The two men are friends.

7. Who is Bertrand?
(a) A former estate owner.
(b) A former butler.
(c) A former military man.
(d) A former actor.

8. What does Dr. Kuhlenbeck say doctors don't need to be?
(a) Husbands.
(b) Ministers.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) Soldiers.

9. What does August say about Marguerite's father?
(a) That he is a soldier.
(b) That he is a businessman.
(c) That he is dead.
(d) That he is married.

10. What does Hanna do for a living?
(a) She is a nurse.
(b) She is a prostitute.
(c) She does not have a job.
(d) She is a waitress.

11. What uncomfortable condition does Hanna suffer from frequently?
(a) Fevers.
(b) Stomach aches.
(c) Headaches.
(d) Hallucinations.

12. In Part Three, Chapter XVII, whom does Hanna realize she still has strong feelings for?
(a) Her maid.
(b) No one.
(c) Heindlich.
(d) Her son.

13. What condition did Joachim's father suffer from in Part I, Chapter III?
(a) Consumption.
(b) A stroke.
(c) A nervous breakdown.
(d) A heart attack.

14. Who wants to buy the newspaper?
(a) Bertrand.
(b) August.
(c) Huguenau.
(d) Joachim.

15. What does Hanna spend a good deal of time doing each day?
(a) Looking after the neighborhood children.
(b) Walking around town.
(c) Riding horses in the forest.
(d) Sleeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. The casino is mentioned in the book. What is the casino?

2. How are businessmen seen in Part Three of the book?

3. Why is August fired from his job?

4. In Part Three, Chapter XXVIII, how does Hanna feel about the harmony that used to exist in her marriage?

5. How long after their marriage do Elisabeth and Joachim have their first child?

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