2. What does the woman begin to do after being at the hotel for several days?
(a) Clean the rooms.
(b) Menstruate.
(c) Cook meals.
(d) Go insane.

3. What does the man do to the woman's hair?
(a) He plays with it.
(b) He brushes it.
(c) He lights it on fire with his cigar.
(d) He cuts it.

4. Over what does a botanist mourn?
(a) His beautiful orchids.
(b) His unusual daisies.
(c) His dangerous poison ivy.
(d) His rare specimen of edelweiss.

5. Why is the Japanese maid crying?
(a) She is in love with the young man.
(b) She is in love with the young woman.
(c) She had become friends with Lionheart, who died in the landslide.
(d) She dislikes her job.

6. What does Vogel, breaking down, admit he sees?
(a) Stars in his eyes.
(b) A child in the water.
(c) Angels in the trees.
(d) A petrified embryo floating in the lake.

7. The first letter, written September 8, 1909, is from Sandor Ferenczi to whom?
(a) Her Kuhn.
(b) Don Giovanni.
(c) Sigmund Freud.
(d) His lover, Gisela.

8. What do the postcards from guests at the hotel describe?
(a) The strange couple.
(b) The odd guests.
(c) What they have experienced so far.
(d) The beautiful lake.

9. What does the woman believe are falling into the lake?
(a) White roses.
(b) Bits of a comet.
(c) White feathers.
(d) Stars.

10. Why does the woman ask the maid for some toiletries?
(a) She would like a comb.
(b) She needs soap.
(c) She wants a toothbrush.
(d) She is menstruating.

11. What do the couple and their guest do?
(a) Drink champagne.
(b) Have sex together.
(c) Discuss the storm.
(d) Sit on the balcony.

12. What does the couple discover are falling from a broken cable car high above the mountains?
(a) Black cats.
(b) Several hotel guests.
(c) Sky divers.
(d) Stars.

13. Why does the nun tell them to continue unembarrassed?
(a) The human body is God's creation.
(b) They are married.
(c) The steam removes all sin.
(d) She does not mind others talking about her.

14. Where do the man and woman take a walk?
(a) Up the mountainside near the white hotel.
(b) Into town.
(c) By the lake.
(d) Around the interior of the white hotel.

15. What happens to those outside the hotel?
(a) They are locked outside the hotel.
(b) A landslide comes and buries them all.
(c) A strong rain pours down on them.
(d) They mourn the dead.