1. With what American expression is the narrator not familiar when he first meets Frank Wirtanen?
(a) Zip it.
(b) None of your beeswax.
(c) Takes one to know one.
(d) What's up, doc?

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

3. What is the city in which Campbell, Jr. sits in jail waiting for his trial to begin?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Nuremberg.
(c) New York.
(d) The Hague.

4. The narrator claims he didn't really steal his friend's motorcycle, but . . .
(a) Borrowed it for all eternity.
(b) Accidentally backed over it with his car and dumped the motorcycle in the lake to hide the evidence.
(c) Paid for it by leaving money in his friend's boot while he was sleeping.
(d) Pretended to steal it so his friend could collect the insurance money.

5. The narrator tells Epstein's mother that "auf wiedersehen" means "goodbye" in German, but she corrects him by telling him it more precisely means:
(a) Peace be upon you.
(b) Until we meet again.
(c) Go with God.
(d) Both hello and goodbye.

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. Which characteristic does NOT describe Howard W. Campbell, Jr.'s father?

3. Bernard Mengel, who guards the narrator at night, tells the narrator he does what in his sleep?

4. Which description best fits the narrator's New York home?

5. What is Helga's present to the narrator when they are reunited?

(see the answer key)

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