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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What service does Axel offer to provide Albert for his trip to the South?
(a) Chauffeuring.
(b) Route planner.
(c) Housesitter.
(d) Party organizer.

2. What lie does Albert tell Margot about Elisabeth?
(a) Elisabeth refuses to divorce him.
(b) Elisabeth will take all of his money.
(c) He is already divorced from Elisabeth.
(d) Elisabeth wants him back.

3. How long did it take the travelling party to reach Rouginard from Germany?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Ten days.
(d) Three days.

4. Which of the following is NOT something Albert is said to be incapable of in Chapter 31?
(a) Hanging a painting.
(b) Tying a dress-tie.
(c) Making up a parcel.
(d) Paring his right-hand nails.

5. In the story Axel tells about his sculptor friend. Where do the sculptor and his wife walk to at the end?
(a) A beach.
(b) The Eiffel tower.
(c) A lunatic asylum.
(d) A divorce court.

Short Answer Questions

1. What saved Albert's car from plunging over the parapet?

2. In Chapter 31, Albert says that he thinks he sent their luggage on to __________.

3. In Chapter 27, where does Albert run off to thinking he will still be able to catch his bus?

4. How does Albert feel on the train ride to Zurich?

5. Who had been Albert, Margot, and Axel's dining room neighbor for the last two or three days in Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Albert come to realize as he lies alone in his hospital bed in Chapter 33?

2. In Chapter 29, what does Udo say he heard while on the bus?

3. How does the author make it clear that Elisabeth senses when Albert's accident occurs?

4. What story does Axel tell Albert about his sculptor friend?

5. What is Albert's trip to Zurich from France like?

6. What does the retired French colonel tell Albert which makes him suspicious?

7. What does Axel convince Margot to tell Albert about the chalet in Chapter 36? Why?

8. What does Chapter 31 begin with an explanation and description of?

9. What does Albert find different about his vacation with Margot in Rouginard as opposed to their vacation in Solfi?

10. What lie does Albert tell Margot at the end of Chapter 24?

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