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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. The closest airport to Blacksmith is near what city?
(a) Iron City.
(b) Ferric.
(c) Coalville.
(d) Chicago.

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

6. How old is Denise?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Twenty four.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Sixteen.

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

8. Who comes over to watch TV with some of the Gladney children?
(a) Howard.
(b) Tweedy.
(c) Murray.
(d) Eric.

9. What is the only class Jack still teaches?
(a) Elementary German.
(b) History of World Cinema.
(c) Pop-culture studies.
(d) Advanced Nazism.

10. Jack is the Chair of what department?
(a) American Studies.
(b) German department.
(c) History department.
(d) Department of Hitler studies.

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

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

13. Who was Gladys?
(a) Bee's mother.
(b) Babette's mother.
(c) Tweedy's sister.
(d) Mr. Treadwell's sister.

14. In the car, Heinrich offers five dollars to anyone who can name the population of which country?
(a) Bolivia.
(b) Uruguay.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Argentina.

15. What, according to Tweedy, is "the last refuge of gracious living"?
(a) Four-star restaurants.
(b) Communist revolt.
(c) Airline travel.
(d) Travel by motorcoach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Bee's father?

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

3. What is his opponent in jail for?

4. What is happening to Heinrich's hair?

5. What fabric does Murray customarily dress in?

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