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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who clears two hundred a week by investing only in soy beans?
(a) Mr. Rowland.
(b) Mr. Perls.
(c) Tamkin.
(d) Mr. Rappaport.

2. What religion was Dr. Adler during Wilhelm's childhood?
(a) He was Protestant.
(b) He had no religion.
(c) He was Catholic.
(d) He was Jewish.

3. What advice does Margaret give Wilhelm in Chapter 7?
(a) To go back to work for the Rojax Corporation.
(b) To become an actor.
(c) To make his father give them money.
(d) To invest more money in the stock market.

4. Why is Wilhelm annoyed by Tamkin's story about his patient?
(a) Because the story doesn't apply to Wilhelm.
(b) Because Wilhelm is remembering what Mr. Perls said.
(c) Because Wilhelm likes to be the center of attention.
(d) Because Wilhelm just wants to talk about the stock market.

5. Why doesn't Margaret want to get a job herself?
(a) Because she feels it's the man place to work.
(b) Because she is lazy.
(c) Because she feels she needs to be at home for her sons.
(d) Because she's unqualified.

6. Before closing the day before, Tamkin closed out a lard contract and bought what instead?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Soy beans.
(c) Rye.
(d) Eggs.

7. According to Tamkin, who had once been "the Rockefeller of the chicken business and had retired with a large fortune"?
(a) Tamkin.
(b) Mr. Perls.
(c) Mr. Rappaport.
(d) Dr. Adler.

8. Wilhelm leaves a note for his dad at the front desk of his hotel and asks him for what?
(a) To join him and Tamkin for dinner that night.
(b) To join him for a massage in the hotel spa.
(c) To pay his bill at the restaurant.
(d) To pay his rent this month.

9. Why couldn't Tamkin put in the right amount of money for an "equal partnership"?
(a) Because it is not an equal partnership.
(b) Because it was tied up in other investments.
(c) Because he didn't think it was fair.
(d) Because the rest is considered his fee for the advice he's given to Wilhelm.

10. Why can't Wilhelm figure Tamkin out?
(a) Because Tamkin won't speak to him.
(b) Because he doesn't know how to form his own opinion.
(c) Because he wants to believe him but the gossip is compelling.
(d) He isn't trying to figure him out at all.

11. What does Tamkin brag about to Wilhelm?
(a) He brags about all the people he has helped.
(b) He brags about all the people he knows at the stock market.
(c) He brags about the lives he has saved.
(d) He brags about the money he has made in the market.

12. How does Wilhelm arrive at the funeral?
(a) He was invited to attend.
(b) There is a large crowd that forces him to go inside.
(c) He goes in because he wants to.
(d) The policeman orders him to go.

13. In which commodity does Wilhelm believe his money is in?
(a) Lard.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Rye.

14. Wilhelm realizes that the name for his true soul may be which name given to him by his grandfather?
(a) Velvet.
(b) Valor.
(c) Velvel.
(d) Wilky.

15. Who says, "I'm losing my taste for the gamble."?
(a) Wilhelm.
(b) Dr. Adler.
(c) Mr. Rappaport.
(d) Tamkin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Wilhelm say he needs to get by for his wife and two boys per year?

2. What is troubling about the money Tamkin invested?

3. What's the name of the movie that Wilhelm appeared in as an extra?

4. What does it mean when Tamkin 'works the house' at the stock market?

5. Who claims to treat his friends without being paid?

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