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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Mr. Spinell credit with having brought beauty back into Gabriele’s life?
(a) Her father.
(b) Mrs. Spatz.
(c) Gabriele herself.
(d) Himself.

2. How is Gabriele’s health by Chapter 7?
(a) The same.
(b) So good she is ready to go home.
(c) Worsening.
(d) Much better.

3. Why does the pianist ultimately stop playing in Chapter 8?
(a) She faints.
(b) Mr. Spinell gets bored.
(c) Dr. Leander makes her stop.
(d) The sleigh ride returns.

4. How does Mr. Spinell get the letter to Mr. Kloterjahn in Chapter 10?
(a) He mails it.
(b) He has Gabriele give it to him.
(c) He hand-delivers it.
(d) He asks Miss van Osterloh to deliver it.

5. Who does Mr. Spinell ask to play the piano?
(a) Mr. Kloterjahn.
(b) Mrs. Spatz.
(c) Miss van Osterloh.
(d) Gabriele Kloterjahn.

6. How does Mr. Spinell react when Mr. Kloterjahn enters his room in Chapter 11?
(a) He blushes.
(b) He faints.
(c) He punches him.
(d) He laughs.

7. Who interrupts Mr. Spinell and the pianist in Chapter 8?
(a) Mrs. Hohlenrauch.
(b) Dr. Leander.
(c) Mrs. Spatz.
(d) Mr. Kloterjahn.

8. What patients are in Dr. Muller’s care?
(a) Those with stomach complaints.
(b) Just the terminally ill cases.
(c) The terminally ill and the least serious cases.
(d) None.

9. Why does Mr. Spinell say that he refers to Mr. Kloterjahn as he does?
(a) Because he has a habit of exaggerating things.
(b) Because he hates Mr. Kloterjahn.
(c) Because it is his vocation to call things by their true names.
(d) Because he wants to insult him.

10. What does Mr. Kloterjahn want to do to Mr. Spinell in Chapter 11?
(a) Hurt him.
(b) Yell at him.
(c) Hug him.
(d) Kill him.

11. What is the person that Mr. Spinell sees on his walk doing in Chapter 12?
(a) Crying.
(b) Squealing.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Laughing with joy.

12. What is Mr. Spinell doing in his room in Chapter 10?
(a) Writing a letter.
(b) Talking to himself.
(c) Singing.
(d) Writing a new novel.

13. How is Mr. Spinell's letter described in terms of content?
(a) Bizarre and at times incomprehensible.
(b) Clear and thoughtful.
(c) Rude and crass.
(d) Interesting.

14. How much of the opera does Mr. Spinell hear in Chapter 8?
(a) The first two acts, but not the third.
(b) One act.
(c) Half.
(d) The whole thing.

15. According to Mr. Kloterjahn, how does he himself react to women?
(a) He makes them laugh.
(b) He is rude to them.
(c) He is afraid of them.
(d) He looks them in the face.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Spinell do after his initial reaction to the news of what's happened to Gabriele in Chapter 12?

2. How is Mr. Spinell’s room at Einfried described?

3. Who does Dr. Leander turn Gabriele's care over to?

4. How does Mr. Spinell look as at the end of his walk?

5. Whose story does Mr. Spinell write that he wants to tell?

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