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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Nathanmeyers provide Thea in Chicago?
(a) A place to live and a servant.
(b) A modeling job.
(c) A piano teaching position for their children.
(d) A paying job and some nice clothes.

2. What emotion does Thea think she can feel coming from the rock surface of the Native American dwellings near the Ottenburg Ranch?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Joy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Excitement.

3. What does everyone do at Johnny's house when the ball concludes?
(a) Change out of their formal clothes.
(b) Eat a second dinner.
(c) Eat ice cream.
(d) Fall asleep.

4. What do the Ramos brothers admire so much in Thea?
(a) Her skills at debate.
(b) Her chess skills.
(c) Her beauty.
(d) How she drinks alcohol even though the other ladies do not.

5. When do Thea and Ottenburg leave the ranch?
(a) The first of February.
(b) The first of December.
(c) The first of January.
(d) The first of September.

6. How does Thea feel when she sees Archie in New York for the first time?
(a) Worried and stressed.
(b) Happy and relieved.
(c) Mad and cranky.
(d) Happy and sad.

7. How long has Thea prepared for the part of Sieglinde?
(a) A few months.
(b) Her entire life.
(c) Two years.
(d) Only fifteen minutes.

8. What kind of meeting is Archie attending when he receives a letter from Thea asking for money?
(a) A family meeting.
(b) A stockholder meeting.
(c) A government meeting.
(d) A doctor's meeting.

9. Who provides music for the Mexican ball?
(a) A visiting troupe of Mexican folklore musicians.
(b) Johnny and his friends.
(c) The Chicago orchestra.
(d) Wunsch, who has since sobered up.

10. Who does Thea refuse to take money from?
(a) Harsanyi.
(b) Ottenburg.
(c) Wunsch.
(d) Her parents.

11. What does Thea tell Bowers she does not want to do for more money?
(a) Dance.
(b) Dress more revealing.
(c) Compliment his students.
(d) Smile for it.

12. Who watches Thea and Ottenburg have their first kiss?
(a) Henry Biltmer.
(b) Dr. Archie.
(c) A herd of deer.
(d) Wunsch.

13. What does Thea think of her musical career as she is en route to the Ottenburg Ranch?
(a) That it is a complete failure.
(b) That he is as famous as she is ever going to be.
(c) That she needs to take more control of it.
(d) That it is finally taking off.

14. What happens to Ottenburg's first wife?
(a) She runs off with another man to Mexico.
(b) She kills herself.
(c) She disappears.
(d) She is in an asylum.

15. Who is Jasper Flight?
(a) Thea's new son.
(b) Archie's new boyfriend.
(c) Thea's boyfriend in Germany.
(d) A character who wants to grub-stake Archie.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Thea going to get to Germany?

2. Who plans the Mexican ball?

3. Why does Thea resent Mrs. Priest?

4. How many years pass in the story between when Thea leaves for Germany and when the story resumes?

5. What illness does Thea get after seeing the Nathanmeyers?

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