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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprises Hofmiller about Dr. Condor's home?
(a) It is the house in which Hofmiller had grown up.
(b) It is decorated badly.
(c) It is a large mansion.
(d) It is in a poorer section of town.

2. How does Edith react when Hofmiller does not respond to her story the way she wants?
(a) She becomes angry and says he'll be free when they leave for the sanitarium.
(b) She complains to her father.
(c) She begs him to treat her better.
(d) She throws him out of the house.

3. What does Condor ask Hofmiller to do about his situation with Edith?
(a) Continue to act normally with Edith for a week, and tell him immediately if anything happened to upset Edith.
(b) Follow through with his plan to leave the military and move far from the Kekesfalva family.
(c) Tell Edith the truth about his feelings immediately and face the consequences.
(d) Ask Edith to marry him even if he doesn't love her.

4. Once he is aware of her love for him, what is Edith afraid Hofmiller will do?
(a) Tell all his friends that she declared her love for him.
(b) Run away with Ilona.
(c) Ignore her.
(d) Leave his regiment to avoid seeing her.

5. What disability does Dr. Condor's wife have?
(a) She is unable to speak.
(b) She is deaf.
(c) She has lost her left arm.
(d) She is blind.

6. When Edith wants to show Hofmiller what she is capable of, what does she attempt to climb over?
(a) A large pile of discarded furniture.
(b) A balcony.
(c) The garden wall.
(d) The stall in a barn.

7. What does Hofmiller fear others will think of him if he marries Edith?
(a) That he married out of pity.
(b) That he isn't a good judge of women.
(c) That he married only for money.
(d) That the marriage won't last.

8. What does Dr. Condor tell Hofmiller they must do about Hofmiller's lie to the Kekesfalvas?
(a) Get Edith to a doctor to try the new treatment.
(b) Find another treatment that might help Edith.
(c) Tell the family the truth about the new treatment.
(d) Make up a bigger lie to cover up for the first one.

9. After his promise to Kekesfalva, what is the family's mood when Hofmiller arrives at the castle?
(a) Everyone is upset because Edith is in an angry mood.
(b) Everyone else is happy but Edith is solemn and thoughtful.
(c) Everyone is upset because they don't think Hofmiller will follow through with his promise.
(d) Everyone is joyous because of Hofmiller's offer to marry Edith when she recovers.

10. After Edith is taken away following her fall, what does Hofmiller do?
(a) He formally asks Kekesfalva for her hand in marriage.
(b) He goes to her to apologize.
(c) He flees from the house.
(d) He asks Ilona for her advice.

11. What does Hofmiller want to do about his lie regarding the new treatment?
(a) Tell the family the truth as soon as possible.
(b) Have Dr. Condor take the blame for the lie.
(c) Tell Edith the truth but ask her not to tell her father.
(d) Wait a bit longer to tell the family the truth.

12. What evidence of her feelings has Edith given everyone in the house?
(a) She wakes them every night to ask if they think Hofmiller is fond of her.
(b) She has asked her father to approach him about marriage.
(c) She has shown them secret notes she has written to Hofmiller.
(d) She has begun to plan their wedding.

13. Why was Balinkay at the Excelsior Hotel in Cairo when he met his wife?
(a) He was waiting tables there.
(b) He was a guest there.
(c) He was having a drink at the bar with some friends.
(d) He owned the hotel.

14. How does Edith commit suicide?
(a) She throws herself over the balcony.
(b) She shoots herself with Hofmiller's gun.
(c) She takes a bottle of sleeping pills.
(d) She jumps from the roof of the castle.

15. What happens to Kekesfalva after Edith's death?
(a) He tries to kill Hofmiller.
(b) He dies within a few days.
(c) He sells his property and moves to France.
(d) He joins the military.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Dr. Condor's wife upset with his patients?

2. What form of transportation do Hofmiller and the Kekesfalvas take on their day trip?

3. What happens when Hofmiller is unable to concentrate while he's on duty?

4. At the beginning of the section beginning on page 223, Ferencz comes to take Hofmiller to what event?

5. Which of the following does Hofmiller think is worse?

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