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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following anti-Semitic comments does Nikki make to Sabbath after her mother's death?
(a) She says that it is cold of the Jews to bury their dead so quickly.
(b) She says that her mother died heartbroken because Nikki married a Jew.
(c) She accuses Sabbath of not wanting to pay for a nice funeral because he is Jewish and cheap.
(d) She makes fun of Sabbath for wearing a yarmulke during the funeral.

2. How does the spirit of Sabbath's mother respond when he asks her why he is still so concerned about Nikki's disappearance?
(a) By saying that he is a perfectionist and cannot accept the idea that he cannot find her.
(b) By saying that he needs closure, and wants to know why she left.
(c) By saying that he has thought about it for so long, and still does not know anything.
(d) By saying that he never liked to leave things unfinished.

3. What does Sabbath blame for his inability to express his love for Drenka?
(a) His upbringing.
(b) His friends.
(c) His personality.
(d) His wife.

4. At the beginning of Part 3, what does Sabbath find out about Linc?
(a) That he has just become a father.
(b) That he has been diagnosed with a terminal illness.
(c) That he has gotte married.
(d) That he has committed suicide.

5. What does Drenka's husband do for a living?
(a) Magistrate.
(b) Restauranteur.
(c) Innkeeper.
(d) Policeman.

6. Which of the following did Drenka once ask Sabbath to do for Matija?
(a) To find him a job.
(b) To proofread a written speech.
(c) To help him build a better relationship with Matthew.
(d) To help him do his taxes.

7. What was the first thing that triggered Roseanna's hatred for Sabbath?
(a) He did not work, and used all of her money.
(b) He refused to have a child with her.
(c) He did not make an effort to get along with her family.
(d) She found out about an affair that he was having.

8. Over the years, Sabbath has encouraged Drenka to do which of the following?
(a) Sleep with other men and tell him the details.
(b) Leave her husband and marry him.
(c) Have his child.
(d) Run away with him to another country.

9. How did Sabbath feel about the manner in which Nikki handled her mother's death?
(a) He thought tht it was normal and healthy.
(b) He thought that it was grotesque.
(c) He thought that she was faking her grief.
(d) He thought that it was odd, but not extraordinary.

10. Under what type of government was Drenka raised?
(a) Socialist.
(b) Republican.
(c) Communist.
(d) Democratic.

11. What surprised Matija enough to cause him to end his conversation with Sabbath?
(a) Sabbath's comments about Drenka's sexual performance.
(b) Sabbath's mention of Silvija.
(c) Seeing Sabbath's birthmark, and realizing that he had met him before.
(d) Pictures of Drenka that Sabbath possessed.

12. What attracted Drenka to her husband, Matija?
(a) He was incredibly handsome, as well as rich.
(b) He was a very religious man.
(c) He was rebellious, and an outcast.
(d) He did not subscribe to the political views upon which she had been raised.

13. Why was Drenka hurt when Barrett stopped speaking to her?
(a) Because she did not feel that she had done anything wrong.
(b) Because she expected him to treat her more lovingly.
(c) Because he never told her why.
(d) Because she saw Sabbath less afterward.

14. What does Sabbath dislike about Roseanna attending Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) group meetings?
(a) She uses language that she learns in her meetings to talk to him.
(b) She has abandoned all of her hobbies, and her old friends, in favor of people at the AA meetings.
(c) Sabbath dislikes some of the people whom she has met at the meetings.
(d) She constantly pesters him to attend meetings with her.

15. How does Sabbath feel now that Drenka is dead?
(a) He is relieved that he is no longer in danger of being discovered.
(b) He is depressed and suicidal, because he realizes that he never told her how much he loved her.
(c) He is upset that he no longer has an outlet for his libido.
(d) He is tortured by the memories of the other men with whom she slept .

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sabbath's former profession?

2. How did Sabbath persuade Christa to allow him to come to her house?

3. How do the people at Linc's office feel about what happened to him?

4. In Part 4, what does Sabbath think that his mother's spirit is encouraging him to do?

5. What personal crisis led to Roseanna's hospital stay in 1989?

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