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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. Who did the innkeeper travel with to Hirschbach?
(a) Her dad.
(b) Her mom.
(c) No one.
(d) Her son.

2. What type of religious stance did Wertheimer have?
(a) He was agnostic.
(b) He was Catholic.
(c) He was Baptist.
(d) He was Jewish.

3. What does the narrator promise to the innkeeper?
(a) To send her flowers on the anniversary of Wertheimer's death.
(b) To tip her well.
(c) That she will get her inherited item(s) from Wertheimer.
(d) To come back and marry her.

4. What reason does the narrator repeatedly give for Wertheimer's suicide?
(a) Glenn's death.
(b) His sister's abandonment
(c) Being second best to Glenn.
(d) His abandonment.

5. What did the narrator learn about Wertheimer's hunting lodge in Traich?
(a) A party is there that night.
(b) Homeless people live there.
(c) No one has been there since his suicide.
(d) A party was held there a week ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator never consider about the death of Wertheimer?

2. Who led the narrator to his room after Wertheimer dies?

3. What did Wertheimer demand of his guests at the feast he prepared?

4. According to the narrator, how do people judge others, no matter what they perceive?

5. How long did Wertheimer's funeral last?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Wertheimer's religious views.

2. How is the innkeeper a contradictory character?

3. Describe what happened when the narrator and Wertheimer tried to play a concert together.

4. Why did the Wertheimer family change?

5. How did Wertheimer feel about his unhappiness?

6. Why does the narrator return to his apartment after Wertheimer's death?

7. Why did the narrator feel guilty about Wertheimer's death?

8. What was significant about the Steinway the narrator gave away?

9. How does Franz feel about Wertheimer and his death?

10. Why does the narrator not fit in among people in the inn?

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