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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who becomes Mrs. Kloterjahn’s mentor?
(a) Mrs. Hohlenrouch.
(b) Dr. Leander.
(c) Miss van Osterloh.
(d) Mrs. Spatz.

2. Who does Gabriele joke that Mr. Spinell must mean when he says he could look at one particular woman forever?
(a) Mrs. Hohlenrauch.
(b) Herself.
(c) Miss van Osterloh.
(d) Mrs. Spatz.

3. What was the name of Mrs. Kloterjahn's doctor when she first became ill?
(a) Dr. Hinzpeter.
(b) Dr. Dumkopf.
(c) Dr. Liebchen.
(d) Dr. Muller.

4. Who is Mrs. Hohlenrauch?
(a) The housekeeper.
(b) A patient who went insane after giving birth to nineteen children.
(c) The wife of one of the patients.
(d) The mayor.

5. What is the writer’s name described as sounding like?
(a) A medicine.
(b) A kind of food.
(c) A country.
(d) A mineral or precious stone.

6. What color is Mrs. Kloterjahn’s hair?
(a) Black.
(b) Dark brown.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Light brown.

7. Who came to greet the Kloterjahns when they arrived?
(a) Several patients.
(b) Dr. Muller.
(c) Miss van Osterloh and Dr. Leander.
(d) No one.

8. What room at Einfried is adjacent to the sitting room?
(a) The ballroom.
(b) A bathroom.
(c) The billiard room.
(d) The kitchen.

9. Who is the director of the sanitarium?
(a) Dr. Johnson.
(b) Dr. Dumkopf.
(c) Dr. Leander.
(d) Dr. Muller.

10. How is the Kloterjahns' son described?
(a) Healthy and vigorous.
(b) Pale and sickly.
(c) Sweet.
(d) Intelligent.

11. How is Mr. Spinell’s voice described?
(a) Rough and low.
(b) Too quiet.
(c) Lilting and musical.
(d) Mild and pleasant.

12. Where does Mrs. Kloterjahn sit most days?
(a) Outside in the snow.
(b) In the sitting room.
(c) In her room.
(d) In Mrs. Spatz’s room.

13. How is the sitting room at Einfried described?
(a) Spacious and well furnished, with white French doors.
(b) Dark and quiet, with blue French doors.
(c) Always too hot.
(d) Small and cool.

14. Where was Mr. Spinell born?
(a) Lemberg.
(b) Bremen.
(c) The Baltic Coast.
(d) Brussels.

15. What is the writer’s name?
(a) Matthew Spinell.
(b) Dmitri Spinell.
(c) Detley Spine.
(d) Detlev Spinell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Kloterjahn order to eat in Chapter 2?

2. How does the writer spend the majority of his time?

3. What did Mrs. Kloterjahn’s former doctor forbid her from doing?

4. What does Mrs. Kloterjahn say to Mr. Spinell about his sleeping habits?

5. What does Gabriele think Mr. Spinell’s name is?

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