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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: You Have to be Cruel to be Kind.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tod Friendly tell Irene when she asks him about his secret?
(a) "I'll tell you as soon as we get married."
(b) "You don't want to know."
(c) "It's none of your business."
(d) "One day I'll tell you."

2. How does the narrator feel at the beginning of the book?
(a) Strong and young.
(b) He has an ankle pain.
(c) Old and full of fear.
(d) Completely paralyzed.

3. Where does Tod Friendly work after (in the narrator's experience) he is demoted?
(a) Garbage detail.
(b) Cafeteria duty.
(c) Guard duty.
(d) Real estate.

4. Where does Tod Friendly live in the beginning of the book?
(a) The hospital.
(b) Main Street USA.
(c) Munich.
(d) Auschwitz.

5. What can the narrator control?
(a) Where Tod Friendly's eyes go.
(b) What Tod Friendly says.
(c) What Tod Friendly eats.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old man tell Tod Friendly after the narrator sees Tod drive his car away from the fire hydrant?

2. Where does the narrator go when he leaves the hospital?

3. Where does the narrator think that Tod Friendly finds love letters?

4. What seems to the narrator to make more sense backwards?

5. Why is the narrator shocked when Irene comes to the house?

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