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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Denise find Babette's Dylar bottle?
(a) In the trash under the kitchen sink.
(b) In Babette's purse.
(c) In the recycling bin.
(d) In the backyard.

2. When Babette and Jack decide to read something erotic to each other, Jack wants a text from which century?
(a) Fifteenth.
(b) Ninth.
(c) Twentieth.
(d) Eighteenth.

3. What game does Heinrich play with someone in prison?
(a) Checkers.
(b) Chess.
(c) Dice.
(d) Horseshoes.

4. What is the name of the "barbarian" who died young, whom Jack thinks about in terms of his own death.
(a) Ivan the Terrible.
(b) Attila the Hun.
(c) Charlemagne.
(d) Erik the Red.

5. What kind of car plays a big role in the first chapters of the book, as parents drop off the college students?
(a) Station wagons.
(b) Sports cars.
(c) Cabs.
(d) Moving vans.

6. Where has Bee been?
(a) Japan.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) South Korea.
(d) The Phillipines.

7. Eventually, Babette will teach a class in sitting, standing and what other activity?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Chewing.
(c) Napping.
(d) Walking.

8. Where does Murray live?
(a) In a student dormitory.
(b) In a hotel.
(c) In a rooming house.
(d) With his children.

9. According to the doctor, what did Gladys die from?
(a) Morbid obesity.
(b) Intermittent apoplexy.
(c) Chronic anxiety.
(d) Lingering dread.

10. What was the name of the psychic the police used to help them find Mr. Treadwell?
(a) Adele T.
(b) Ariana G.
(c) Andrea C.
(d) Alice B.

11. Eric tells Jack that he looks different without what?
(a) His glasses and gown.
(b) His children.
(c) Babette.
(d) His suit.

12. Which family member avoids the crowd in Steffie's room?
(a) Jack.
(b) Heinrich.
(c) Wilder.
(d) Steffie.

13. What is one theory about how the Treadwells got to the abandoned cookie-shack?
(a) Their home healthcare aide drove them.
(b) Their grandneice drove them.
(c) They walked.
(d) They rode the bus.

14. In what building is Jack's academic department?
(a) Siskind Commons.
(b) Olin Hall.
(c) Centerary Hall.
(d) Adolf Hall.

15. Which character says that she was thinking seriously of eating "yogurt and wheat germ" at this first lunch depicted in the novel?
(a) Denise.
(b) Wilder.
(c) Babette.
(d) Steffie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the minimum requirement for learning German if you want to major in Hitler studies?

2. What color is Babette's hair?

3. What color were all the packages in Murray's shopping cart?

4. What Asian food does Bee offer to prepare?

5. Where does the German teacher live?

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