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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) He feels compelled to write it.
(c) He is bored and has nothing better to do.
(d) Someone asked him to write it.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Spinell initially react to the news of what's happened to Gabriele?

2. How is Mr. Spinell's letter described in terms of content?

3. What is Mr. Spinell humming as he walks in Chapter 12?

4. Who does Mr. Spinell ask to play the piano?

5. What response does Mr. Spinell usually get from the letters he writes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who, according to Mr. Spinell, is to be credited with bringing beauty back into Gabriele’s life?

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

3. How is the letter that Mr. Spinell writes in Chapter 10 described?

4. What ruins the scene of Gabriele in the garden with her friends for Mr. Spinell?

5. In Chapter 10, how does Mr. Spinell say that he feels about Mr. Kloterjahn?

6. Why does Dr. Leander transfer Gabriele’s case to Dr. Muller?

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

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

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

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

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