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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lie does the narrator tell the guy she meets at the Greek cafe?
(a) She works as a pub crawl tour guide.
(b) Her mother just died.
(c) She is a dancer.
(d) She was born in Germany.

2. Where does the narrator go in Part III in an effort to meet new people?
(a) A dance club.
(b) A musuem.
(c) A weekly dinner at an English bookshop.
(d) A karate class.

3. Who is the first person the narrator asks to go to her visa appointment with her?
(a) Felix.
(b) Bergman.
(c) Frieda.
(d) Henry.

4. In Part IV, which date cancels their plans on the narrator?
(a) A man who played the banjo.
(b) A software engineer.
(c) A political activist.
(d) A horseback writer.

5. What does the narrator feel after she meets a vague acquaintance by chance from earlier in Berlin outside a coffee shop in Part IV?
(a) She does not understand other women at all.
(b) She is not the type of person to make friends in foreign countries.
(c) She hates other writers.
(d) She really dislikes women who always wear skirts.

6. What does the narrator realizes often happens on the dating websites when she asks to meet someone in person?
(a) The person tells her he is busy.
(b) The person often stops messaging her.
(c) The person always suggests somewhere bad to meet.
(d) The person asks if she can pay for the date.

7. Who is the first man to ask the narrator on a date in Berlin?
(a) Fred.
(b) Henry.
(c) James.
(d) Paul.

8. What does the narrator tell her prospective employer she used to work at in her interview?
(a) Writing.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Waitressing.
(d) Cooking.

9. Why does the narrator try to avoid small talk in Berlin?
(a) She does not speak German at all.
(b) She really does not want anyone to ask her on a date.
(c) It reminds her of Felix.
(d) She is self-conscious of her English.

10. What does the narrator tell the men in the Bookshop she does for a living?
(a) Singer.
(b) Professional dancer.
(c) Writer.
(d) Lawyer.

11. What does the narrator discover that landlords in Berlin hate?
(a) Subletters.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Cats.
(d) Americans.

12. What blogging platform does the narrator remember using back in middle school?
(a) WordBook.
(b) Helper.
(c) Writer.
(d) LiveJournal.

13. What scene does the narrator witness that she thinks reflects poorly on its subjects?
(a) Two American women have a dog in a cafe that frightens a little boy.
(b) An American man hits a child in public.
(c) A Spanish woman berates a waiter for bringing her the wrong order.
(d) An American woman yells at a taxi driver.

14. About how long does the narrator say she could go, while dating Felix, without having sex?
(a) Four months.
(b) Not as long as two weeks.
(c) One year.
(d) About two months.

15. What does Nell suggest that the narrator and she do together?
(a) Have dinner.
(b) Water ski.
(c) Start a writing group.
(d) Search for jobs together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Twitter user does the narrator find herself liking and following in Part III?

2. What does the narrator think would make the kind of books of collected tweets that she sometimes sees at Urban Outfitters better?

3. What does the narrator remember about how Felix interacted with her and others, despite his caginess?

4. Who does the narrator randomly meet while working in Part IV?

5. How does the narrator find an apartment in Berlin?

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