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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the German teacher live?
(a) In an ashram.
(b) In the dormitory.
(c) In the asylum.
(d) In the rooming house.

2. What do the Gladneys give Murray?
(a) A gift certificate to the grocery store.
(b) A bag of groceries.
(c) A ride home.
(d) Advice.

3. Who is the narrator of this novel?
(a) Babette.
(b) Murray.
(c) Jack.
(d) Howard.

4. In what year did the narrator invent his academic department?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1968.

5. Where does Babette teach?
(a) The Methodist Church.
(b) The Congregational Church.
(c) The Presbyterian Church.
(d) The Catholic Church.

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

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

8. Where does Babette like to run?
(a) The track.
(b) On the treadmill.
(c) The stadium steps.
(d) Around the block.

9. Who is Bee's mother?
(a) Mother Devi.
(b) Babette.
(c) Steffie.
(d) Tweedy Browner.

10. Which of the children confronts Babette directly about the medication?
(a) Heinrich.
(b) Denise.
(c) Steffie.
(d) Wilder.

11. What is Heinrich's middle name?
(a) Adolf.
(b) Herbert.
(c) Heinrich.
(d) Gerhardt.

12. What is his opponent in jail for?
(a) Postal fraud.
(b) Money laundering.
(c) Murder.
(d) Grand theft auto.

13. How old is Heinrich?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eleven.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the word the narrator uses to describe Babette's size?

2. According to the doctor, what did Gladys die from?

3. Why is Jack impressed with the banking system?

4. What Asian food does Bee offer to prepare?

5. Where does Jack stop on the way back from the airport after dropping off Bee?

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