1. What does the narrator do with his broom?
(a) Carves the handle with his wood-carving set.
(b) Offers to sweep the hallways of his building in exchange for rent.
(c) Gives it to his neighbor's daughter who wanted to dress as a witch for Halloween.
(d) Hits an attacker over the head with it.

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

3. What is the war crime that Howard Campbell stands accused of?
(a) Delivering orders of Cyklon-B to the death camps.
(b) Promoting Nazi propaganda.
(c) Spying on America.
(d) Mistreating Allied POWs at a prison camp.

4. Why did the narrator and his mother begin to avoid each other?
(a) Because his mother did not like Helga.
(b) Because of her bizarre behavior.
(c) Because the narrator looked too much like his father, who had left her for a younger woman.
(d) Because of their differing views of the war.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Andor Gutman explains that "Sonderkommando" means "special detail." What horrific "special detail" did Andor Gutman say members of the Sonderkommando had to perform?

2. Arpad Kovacs was personally congratulated by __________, whom he would have killed had he known how important he was.

3. The narrator tells Epstein's mother that "auf wiedersehen" means "goodbye" in German, but she corrects him by telling him it more precisely means:

4. The narrator say his plays were medieval romances and as political as ____________.

5. What is the "Last Full Measure" to which the narrator refers?

(see the answer key)

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