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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where do the people who choose not to participate in the activity Dr. Leander plans go instead?
(a) Mrs. Kloterjahn’s bedroom.
(b) Mrs. Spatz’s bedroom.
(c) The sitting room.
(d) Mr. Spinell’s bedroom.

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

5. How does Mr. Spinell look as at the end of his walk?
(a) Like he is trying to hide the fact that he is running away.
(b) Like he can’t wait to get away.
(c) Forced.
(d) Slow but steady.

6. What activity does Dr. Leander have planned for the patients in Chapter 8?
(a) A sleigh ride.
(b) Hiking.
(c) Horseback riding.
(d) Skiing.

7. Why does Mrs. Spatz leave in Chapter 8?
(a) She is bored.
(b) She is hungry.
(c) She feels ill.
(d) She receives a letter.

8. What does the pianist play in Chapter 8?
(a) Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde.
(b) Wagner’s Die Hochzeit.
(c) Wagner’s Lohengrin.
(d) Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman.

9. How does Mr. Spinell describe the laughter of the person he sees on his walk?
(a) Irritating.
(b) Horrific.
(c) Scary.
(d) Cute.

10. How does Mr. Spinell confess that he feels about Mr. Kloterjahn and his son?
(a) He is indifferent to them.
(b) He hates them but does not despise them.
(c) He despises them.
(d) He loves them.

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

12. What is Mr. Spinell humming as he walks in Chapter 12?
(a) A passage from Wagner’s Lohengrin.
(b) A passage from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde.
(c) Chopin’s nocturnes.
(d) A lullaby.

13. How is Mrs. Kloterjahn's treatment faring by Chapter 7?
(a) She stays the same.
(b) She is on death's door.
(c) She is getting better.
(d) She is getting sicker.

14. What does Mr. Kloterjahn say the girls were really doing in the garden?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Knitting and discussing recipes.
(d) Gossiping.

15. How does Mr. Spinell write?
(a) Quickly and easily.
(b) Slowly and with difficulty.
(c) With humor.
(d) Thoughtfully.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the person who arrives with Mr. Kloterjahn and his son in Chapter 9 described?

2. Who does not get to participate in the activity Dr. Leander plans?

3. Who arrives at Einfried along with Mr. Kloterjahn and his son?

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

5. How does Mr. Spinell ultimately convince the person in Chapter 8 to play the piano?

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