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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many tenants live at the narrator's home?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

2. What is the surname of the Jewish family for whom Christopher works?
(a) Schroeder.
(b) Landauers.
(c) Bettelheim.
(d) Klaus.

3. Who does the daughter marry?
(a) Spanish lawyer.
(b) English aristocrat.
(c) French doctor.
(d) Anthropologist.

4. The young American woos Sally with talk of which of the following?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Opportunities.
(c) Coney Island.
(d) Hollywood.

5. What is the name of the cousin Christopher befriends?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Piet.
(d) Arthur.

6. What is the name of the spoiled, young, rich girl?
(a) Mimi.
(b) Muffy.
(c) Tippi.
(d) Hippi.

7. What is the name of the narrator?
(a) Bradley.
(b) Bobby.
(c) Clive.
(d) Christopher.

8. At the end of the story, what emotion does Christopher feel for Berlin?
(a) Revulsion.
(b) Gratitude.
(c) Love.
(d) Resentment.

9. What finally ends the trouble relationship between Otto and Peter?
(a) Otto leaves.
(b) Peter leaves.
(c) Peter is in a car accident.
(d) Otto dies.

10. What is a writer's term for a piece that is essentially "a slice of life?"
(a) Personalization.
(b) Vignette.
(c) Characterization.
(d) Denouement.

11. Christopher is certainly a person that supports which culture?
(a) Homosexual.
(b) Country.
(c) Nazi.
(d) Socialist.

12. How does Bernard really die?
(a) Execution.
(b) Alcoholism.
(c) Blood poisoning.
(d) Suicide.

13. Where does the cousin work?
(a) Warehouse.
(b) Family store.
(c) Nazi headquarters.
(d) Boarding house.

14. What is the profession of Fraulein Kost?
(a) Schoolteacher.
(b) Prostitute.
(c) Chanteuse.
(d) Maid.

15. How old is Sally?
(a) 22.
(b) 19.
(c) 21.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. Christopher talks about being fearful during which incident?

2. What is this character's profession?

3. What word best describes Otto's behavior?

4. Where does the family often go to rest?

5. When Christopher returns to the Nowak house to find Otto, he learns that the family seems quite content to live without which of the following?

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