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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the narrator's father insist was not for children, but the narrator looked at anyway?
(a) His mother's obstetrics book from nursing school.
(b) A stack of pornographic magazines in his father's garage.
(c) A print of Picasso's Guernica.
(d) A picture history of the First World War.

2. How does Bernard O'Hare, who had captured the narrator in Germany, get the narrator's address?
(a) From the Minuteman magazine.
(b) From a letter the narrator had sent to an American Legion post.
(c) From Mrs. Epstein.
(d) From the attorney who handles the probate for the narrator's parents' will.

3. Which characteristic does NOT describe Howard W. Campbell, Jr.'s father?
(a) Engineer for General Electric.
(b) World War I veteran.
(c) Raised in Tennessee.
(d) Son of a Baptist minister.

4. Which city does the narrator say was "Hell" or "Purgatory" for him?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Schenectady.
(c) Berlin.
(d) New York.

5. What is the narrator's "little Eden"?
(a) His life with Helga.
(b) A private park where children play.
(c) The view of Jerusalem from his prison window.
(d) His inlaws' estate near Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Arpad Kovacs says he joined the Nazi S.S. The S.S. is famous for being what?

2. What fact does the narrator never reveal to his wife?

3. Where was the narrator born?

4. After the war, how many years did the narrator live in New York?

5. What is the war crime that Howard Campbell stands accused of?

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