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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the German teacher live?
(a) In the asylum.
(b) In the dormitory.
(c) In an ashram.
(d) In the rooming house.

2. Which language does Bee speak a little of?
(a) French.
(b) German.
(c) Korean.
(d) Chinese.

3. What is the word the narrator uses to describe Babette's size?
(a) Brawny.
(b) Ample.
(c) Waifish.
(d) Broad.

4. How old is Jack going to be?
(a) 59
(b) 55
(c) 51
(d) 49

5. In the car, Heinrich offers five dollars to anyone who can name the population of which country?
(a) Uruguay.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Argentina.
(d) Bolivia.

6. Who is Bee's mother?
(a) Steffie.
(b) Babette.
(c) Mother Devi.
(d) Tweedy Browner.

7. According to the doctor, what did Gladys die from?
(a) Lingering dread.
(b) Morbid obesity.
(c) Chronic anxiety.
(d) Intermittent apoplexy.

8. What happened while Jack is waiting at the airport with Tweedy ?
(a) A plane crash landed.
(b) A plane exploded.
(c) A plane was hijacked.
(d) A plane disappeared.

9. What is the nickname for all males in the Browner family?
(a) Buck.
(b) Tuck.
(c) Bill.
(d) Puck.

10. In what month does the book begin?
(a) October.
(b) November.
(c) August.
(d) September.

11. Where did the psychic live?
(a) In the rooming house.
(b) In a mobile home.
(c) At the mall.
(d) In the dormitory.

12. What does Babette like to do with Wilder?
(a) Play word games.
(b) Play sports.
(c) Play video games.
(d) Play board games.

13. How old is Heinrich?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Eighteen.

14. Where does Jack stop on the way back from the airport after dropping off Bee?
(a) His office.
(b) A cemetery.
(c) The supermarket.
(d) A barn.

15. What color does Jack use to describe the moon when he and Babette walk home from the Church?
(a) Daffodil.
(b) Chartreuse.
(c) Sunflower.
(d) Marigold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the cemetery Jack visits?

2. What was the name of the psychic the police used to help them find Mr. Treadwell?

3. Which pop-culture icon is Murray most interested in studying?

4. What does she teach there?

5. What is the name of the "barbarian" who died young, whom Jack thinks about in terms of his own death.

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