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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bernard Mengel, who guards the narrator at night, tells the narrator he does what in his sleep?
(a) Cries.
(b) Snores and grinds his teeth.
(c) Sleepwalks.
(d) Says the names of two women and talks about a city.

2. What is one of the first things the narrator says after he wakes up from the beating?
(a) I gotta stop drinking.
(b) Did somebody get the number of the bus that ran over me?
(c) (To Resi) Who are you?
(d) I've joined the Hottentots!

3. What sport did the narrator and Heinz Schildknecht play together?
(a) Golf.
(b) Ping-pong.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Boxing.

4. What was Lionel Jones' chauffeur's nickname?
(a) The Hitler of Hackensack.
(b) The Tojo of Soho.
(c) The Black Fuehrer of Harlem.
(d) The Bed-Stuy Mussolini.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the narrator and Resi find drawn in blue ink on his mailbox namecard?

3. How did the narrator lose Helga?

4. What had been the garbage man's profession before coming to America?

5. Who was Rudolph Franz Hoess?

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