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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps Jack find a German teacher?
(a) Babette.
(b) Wilder.
(c) Heinrich.
(d) Murray.

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

3. Jack says if Denise is a "pint-sized commissar," then Bee was a "silent" what?
(a) Gem.
(b) Witness.
(c) Actor.
(d) Participant.

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

5. Who is Bee's father?
(a) Jack Gladney.
(b) Howard Waldrop.
(c) Malcolm Hunt.
(d) Murray Siskind.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What fabric does Murray customarily dress in?

3. What do Heinrich and Jack have a philosophical conversation about on the way to school?

4. Alfonse is an example of one of the academic emigres from where?

5. Heinrich interrupts Jack and his sisters as they look through what book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jack's German teacher. What does he look like?

2. What does Babette look like?

3. Describe the family lunch the Gladneys eat, in terms of who attended, what they ate and what the mood was.

4. Why did Jack name Heinrich Heinrich?

5. Heinrich is playing chess with someone through letters. Describe his opponent.

6. Why did Babette want to see "station-wagon" day?

7. What is Jack's position at the college?

8. Describe what happens when Denise confronts Babette about the Dylar on the way to the mall.

9. Why do they bring Wilder to the doctor in Chapter 16?

10. Why is Bob Pardee passing through town?

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