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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does McCarthy suggest is the reason Frank is initially reluctant to start his own business?
(a) Years of political brainwashing.
(b) Threats of harming Juliana.
(c) Repeated past job failures.
(d) Fear of Wyndam-Matson's revenge.

2. Why does Childan most likely have the fresh marigolds and background music playing in his shop?
(a) To distract from its shabbiness.
(b) To emphasize his cultural preferences.
(c) To confirm his social standing.
(d) To create a pleasant atmosphere.

3. How does Joe appear when he tries to explain to Juliana what Abendsen is saying in the novel?
(a) Humbled.
(b) Proud.
(c) Bewildered.
(d) Agitated.

4. Joe's comments about the war and the Germans show that he is opposed to ___________.
(a) Fascism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Capitalism.

5. In Chapter 13, what does Juliana come to realize as the real job for which Joe was hired?
(a) To kill Hawthorne Abendsen.
(b) To deliver Frank to the Germans.
(c) To return her to Frank.
(d) To destroy the American territories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Baynes say they must wait for before he and Tagomi can meet?

2. How are Tagomi and Childan similar?

3. What feeling best describes Juliana's reaction to Joe's explanation about his cash supply?

4. As he sits in his office, engrossed in reading The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, what does Reiss suggest is the "power of fiction" ?

5. For what reason does Tagomi think Baynes is coming to visit him?

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