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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Freud and Win hope to attract by naming their Vienna hotel the Hotel New Hampshire?
(a) The American President, when he visits.
(b) American tourists.
(c) People to come visit the prostitutes.
(d) Celebrities.

2. What dream does John have about his mother before they depart for Vienna?
(a) That she wins the lottery in Vienna.
(b) That she is young and beautiful again.
(c) That she leaves his father for another man.
(d) That she dies.

3. How does Rhonda feel about the family's move to Vienna?
(a) She is very sad.
(b) She is very angry.
(c) She can't wait for them to leave.
(d) She wants to go.

4. How does Lilly kill herself?
(a) She throws herself off of a cliff.
(b) She takes too many pills.
(c) She jumps out the window.
(d) She hangs herself.

5. Who is Fritz?
(a) John's new friend from school.
(b) A nice neighbor who helps with the hotel from time to time.
(c) Lilly's imaginary friend.
(d) The owner/manager of the circus.

6. What makes John study German harder?
(a) He doesn't want to depend on Frank.
(b) He is naturally very good at it.
(c) He is told he must go to school in Vienna.
(d) He wants to be able to talk to girls.

7. What is Miss Miscarriage's role to be in the radicals' plan?
(a) Seduce John so they can capture him.
(b) Call the police about the hostage situation.
(c) Be a spy.
(d) Drive the car with the bomb.

8. Who does John end up marrying?
(a) Franny.
(b) Susie.
(c) Rhonda.
(d) Annie.

9. What do the Berry children agree about how Egg and Mary will feel about Vienna once they arrive?
(a) That they will love it at first and then come to hate it.
(b) That they will totally love it.
(c) That they will hate it at first and then come to love it.
(d) That they won't like it.

10. Why is Egg nervous about moving to Vienna?
(a) Because he is afraid of getting lost there for some reason.
(b) Because he doesn't like change.
(c) Because he didn't like it the first time they were there.
(d) Because he can't "see" what it will be like.

11. Where are Frank and Lilly while John and Franny are intimate with each other?
(a) At a book signing.
(b) At a literary lunch.
(c) On vacation.
(d) Trapped in the hotel elevator.

12. What do Lilly and John major in at the local university?
(a) Literature.
(b) Economics.
(c) Drama.
(d) Math.

13. Who goes to see what has happened to Miss Miscarriage?
(a) John and Franny.
(b) Frank and Franny.
(c) John and Frank.
(d) Win.

14. Why is Lilly so interested in the circus that is coming to the (original) Hotel New Hampshire for the summer?
(a) Because she has always wanted to be a circus clown.
(b) Because she loves the circus.
(c) Because it is full of little people.
(d) Because she loves animals.

15. Who are the permanent guests at the Vienna hotel?
(a) The prostitutes, radicals, and circus performers.
(b) The radicals and circus performers.
(c) The prostitutes and circus performers.
(d) The prostitutes and radicals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Miss Miscarriage doing the night John first kisses her?

2. What has happened to Freud's eyesight during the time the family was managing their own hotel back in the States?

3. How often do non-regular guests come into the hotel?

4. What does Frank major in at the local university?

5. What does Win order at the bar he goes to with John, before they confront the radicals?

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