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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What saved Albert's car from plunging over the parapet?
(a) A palm tree.
(b) A stone wall.
(c) A boulder.
(d) A telegraph post.

2. What is Axel drinking in the restaurant when Margot arrives?
(a) White wine.
(b) Scotch.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Champagne.

3. While sick, how does Margot amuse herself in Chapter 20?
(a) By bothering Albert.
(b) By making prank phone calls.
(c) By reading movie magazines.
(d) By writing letters.

4. Where does the ocular specialist recommend Albert go for the sake of his eyes?
(a) To the seaside.
(b) An American hospital.
(c) A sanatorium.
(d) Back to Berlin.

5. What could Albert hear from outside the hospital window?
(a) A siren.
(b) Traffic.
(c) Horse hooves.
(d) Someone crying.

6. In Chapter 32, who does Elisabeth observe from her balcony?
(a) A pigeon.
(b) Two motorists having an argument.
(c) An ice cream vendor.
(d) Children playing.

7. In Chapter 34, what does Margot read aloud to Albert in the hospital?
(a) A letter.
(b) The newspaper.
(c) The Great Gatsby.
(d) The Bible.

8. At the beginning of Chapter 28, what does Albert try to find out?
(a) If Margot is having an affair.
(b) Udo's address.
(c) If Axel can drive them to Spain.
(d) News from Germany.

9. What does the air at Rouginard smell of in Chapter 28?
(a) Pine.
(b) Citrus.
(c) Mint.
(d) Thyme.

10. Whom does Margot run into on the street in her old neighborhood?
(a) Kurt.
(b) Otto.
(c) Kaspar.
(d) Her father.

11. What hangs in the back window of Albert's car?
(a) A plush monkey.
(b) A miniature top hat.
(c) A tropical postcard.
(d) A floral sachet.

12. Axel tells the cook that Margot is _____________.
(a) Albert's sister.
(b) Albert's daughter.
(c) Albert's niece.
(d) Albert's cousin.

13. What does Albert look like to Axel when he gets out of the car at the chalet?
(a) The grim reaper.
(b) A bear.
(c) An owl.
(d) A beggar.

14. While sitting with Margot in their hotel room in Chapter 30, what could Albert hear from outside?
(a) Birds singing.
(b) A game of tennis.
(c) A child crying.
(d) English voices.

15. What does Axel do while Albert and Margot pack up and leave the hotel?
(a) Drinks coffee by the pool.
(b) Goes swimming.
(c) Plays poker.
(d) Plays golf.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 26, what does Albert think Margot is doing when, in fact, she is having a tryst with Axel?

2. What language does Udo say he would gladly write in since Germany is unappreciative of his work?

3. What service does Axel offer to provide Albert for his trip to the South?

4. Which politician's name does Udo not recognize when Albert mentions him?

5. In Chapter 34, when Margot leaves the hospital, where does she tell Albert she is going?

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