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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part One, Chapter 5, with whom does Friedrich eat his lunch?
(a) Swans.
(b) A stray dog.
(c) Grebes.
(d) A stray cat.

2. In the story Otto reads, where does the midwife take the king's baby?
(a) To seven dwarves.
(b) To her cousin, a witch.
(c) To her mother, a wtich.
(d) To a woodcutter and his wife.

3. In Part Two, Chapter 1, how many other boys sleep in the room that Mike is sleeping in?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 11.
(d) 19.

4. In Part Two, Chapter 2, what are on Pennyweather's desk to make a good impression?
(a) Apples and flowers.
(b) Flowers and bananas.
(c) Family photos.
(d) A stack of books.

5. What does Mr. and Mrs. Potter's daughter do?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Cook.
(d) Waitress.

6. In Part One, Chapter 2, what music does Friedrich hear as he walks to the factory?
(a) Fur Elise.
(b) Violin Concerto in D Major.
(c) 9th Symphony.
(d) 5th Symphony.

7. What is Elisabeth studying in Part One, Chapter 1?
(a) Engineering.
(b) Nursing.
(c) Biology.
(d) Law.

8. In the Untitled Opening Section, where does Otto find three women dress in tattered frocks?
(a) An old barn.
(b) A circle of pine trees.
(c) A circle of fir trees.
(d) An old hut.

9. At the beginning of Part One, Chapter 5, what does Friedrich smell?
(a) Roasted meat, cinnamon, and apples.
(b) Bread baking.
(c) Meatloaf, almond, and peaches.
(d) Stew simmering.

10. How did Frankie and Mike's mother die?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Accident.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Pneumonia.

11. In The Untitled Opening Section, how many years before the War to End All wars does the section begin?
(a) 100.
(b) 75.
(c) 50.
(d) 30.

12. After Otto is back home with his family, what does he do sometimes when he is afraid?
(a) Thinks about the sisters' story.
(b) Tells neighbor children the story.
(c) Plays the harmonica.
(d) Tells Mathilde the story.

13. In Part One, Chapter 18, where is Elisabeth?
(a) Munich.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Dresden.
(d) Leipzig.

14. In the story Otto reads, how long after his first child is born does the king have another daughter?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 4 years.

15. In Part One, Chapter 16, what does Josef suggest that Friedrich play for his conservatory audition?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Bach.
(c) Wagner.
(d) Haydn.

Short Answer Questions

1. After reading to the sisters and then sleeping, what does Otto find along the path he travels in The Untitled First Section?

2. When Otto bought the book he reads to the sisters, what did the person who sold it to him also give him?

3. What did Pennyweather take from Frankie and Mike when they arrived?

4. Where did Otto buy a book that morning in The Untitled Opening Section?

5. In Part One, Chapter 5, who is the neighbor who always tries to give Friedrich home remedies for his birthmark?

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