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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Steffie answers the phone, who wants to come over?
(a) The Stovers.
(b) The Sittenfelds.
(c) The Silberts.
(d) The Singers.

2. Where does Jack stop on the way back from the airport after dropping off Bee?
(a) A cemetery.
(b) The supermarket.
(c) A barn.
(d) His office.

3. What is the word the narrator uses to describe Babette's size?
(a) Brawny.
(b) Broad.
(c) Waifish.
(d) Ample.

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

5. Alfonse is an example of one of the academic emigres from where?
(a) New York.
(b) Santa Barbara.
(c) Montreal.
(d) Paris.

6. How does Jack describe his German teacher's complexion?
(a) Flesh-colored.
(b) Albino.
(c) Tawny.
(d) Wan.

7. What is the minimum requirement for learning German if you want to major in Hitler studies?
(a) Two years.
(b) Fluency.
(c) No requirement.
(d) One year.

8. What does Babette like to do with Wilder?
(a) Play video games.
(b) Play sports.
(c) Play word games.
(d) Play board games.

9. What is happening to Heinrich's hair?
(a) It is growing long.
(b) It is receding.
(c) It is turning gray.
(d) It is becoming curly.

10. What do Heinrich and Jack have a philosophical conversation about on the way to school?
(a) The supermarket.
(b) Elivs.
(c) Hitler.
(d) The rain.

11. Why does Heinrich interrupt Jack and the girls?
(a) To debate the weather.
(b) To make them dinner.
(c) To kick them out of his room.
(d) To watch plane crash footage.

12. What color were all the packages in Murray's shopping cart?
(a) White.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

13. According to Heinrich, what is the result when plastic furniture burns?
(a) Peroxide.
(b) Dylar.
(c) Ammonia.
(d) Cyanide.

14. Who is allegedly in the CIA?
(a) Babette.
(b) Murray.
(c) Howard.
(d) Steffie's mother.

15. What is the title of the first "book" or section of this novel?
(a) Oscillation and Dilation.
(b) Waves and Radiation.
(c) Station wagons and Sports cars.
(d) Wind, Water, Rain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the German teacher's name?

2. What Asian food does Bee offer to prepare?

3. How old is Heinrich?

4. What is the name of the town where this novel is set?

5. What is the relationship between Dana Breedlove and Steffie.

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