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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator think that Tod Friendly finds Irene's love letters?
(a) In the fire.
(b) In the mail.
(c) In the drawer.
(d) In the trash.

2. When does the narrator feel that he and Tod Friendly have things in common?
(a) When Tod Friendly is taking money from prostitutes.
(b) When Tod Friendly is looking at women.
(c) When Tod Friendly is dreaming about a person in a lab coat.
(d) When Tod Friendly is talking to Irene.

3. What does Tod Friendly do when he shaves?
(a) He refuses to look at himself in the mirror.
(b) He does not shave; he is shaved by the hospital orderlies.
(c) He reads the morning paper.
(d) He talks to himself about his dreams.

4. What is Tod Friendly's car perched against when the narrator sees the policeman put Tod in his car?
(a) A building.
(b) A boulder.
(c) Another car.
(d) A fire hydrant.

5. How old is John Young when he sails for Europe?
(a) 78.
(b) 21.
(c) 45.
(d) 31.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does John Young sail for Europe?

2. How does the narrator feel about watching medical practices?

3. How do people speak in the narrator's experience?

4. How does the narrator feel about eating?

5. What does the narrator wish he could say to Irene?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does John Young's relationship with Irene progress?

2. What does the narrator think about Tod Friendly's dreams and memories?

3. What is the narrator's relationship with Irene?

4. Describe the underground system for taking care of Nazis.

5. Describe how the narrator experiences driving.

6. What is the narrator's relationship with Tod Friendly?

7. Why does Tod Friendly enjoy being part of a crowd?

8. What are some of the terms the narrator coins in order to make things make sense?

9. Describe some cases in which characters are wistful about the past.

10. What does the narrator understand about sex?

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