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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Spinell write is his reason for writing a letter in Chapter 10?
(a) He enjoys writing letters.
(b) Someone asked him to write it.
(c) He is bored and has nothing better to do.
(d) He feels compelled to write it.

2. What sheet music is on the piano?
(a) Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.
(b) Wagner’s Lohengrin.
(c) Chopin’s nocturnes.
(d) Mozart’s The Magic Flute.

3. What does Mrs. Kloterjahn think of Mr. Spinell?
(a) That he is an odd man.
(b) That he is handsome.
(c) That he is in love with her.
(d) That he is amusing.

4. What instrument does Gabriele play?
(a) The clarinet.
(b) The piano.
(c) The organ.
(d) The violin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Kloterjahn characterize Mr. Spinell’s letter?

2. What does Mr. Kloterjahn want to do to Mr. Spinell in Chapter 11?

3. According to Mr. Spinell, what affect did Mr. Kloterjahn have on the scene described in his letter?

4. Who chooses not to participate in the activity Dr. Leander plans?

5. What does Mr. Spinell do when he sees an infant from his window?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. Spinell leave the final scene?

2. Why do Mrs. Kloterjahn and Mr. Spinell choose to stay back from the sleigh ride?

3. What does Mr. Spinell see on his walk at the end of the book?

4. Why does Mr. Spinell find the scene of Gabriele and her friends in the garden so beautiful?

5. How does Mr. Spinell describe the scene within his letter in Chapter 10?

6. Why does Mr. Spinell say he is writing a letter in Chapter 10?

7. According to Mr. Spinell, who ruined the scene within his letter and how?

8. What story does Mr. Spinell want to tell in the letter he composes in Chapter 10?

9. What is the piece of music that Mr. Spinell is so excited to find?

10. According to Mrs. Spatz, what did Gabriele do before coughing up blood?

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