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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Howard Campbell write his story?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1984.

2. What fact does the narrator never reveal to his wife?
(a) That he was a spy.
(b) That he was part Jewish.
(c) That he was born in the United States.
(d) That he had cheated on her.

3. What prompted the sudden death of August Krapptauer?
(a) Carrying luggage up several flights of stairs and apparently suffering a heart attack.
(b) Swallowing a capsule of cyanide.
(c) Falling off a balcony.
(d) Stepping in front of Jones' limousine.

4. Besides the United States, Jones says his Minuteman publication has a small circulation in what country?
(a) West Germany.
(b) Russia.
(c) France.
(d) Israel.

5. What does the narrator notice about Lionel Jones' hand?
(a) He always wears a glove on one, but not the other.
(b) It glitters with rings like the hand of a prince.
(c) It is missing two fingers.
(d) It is soft and smooth as if Jones had never done any honest labor in his entire life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which city does the narrator say was "Hell" or "Purgatory" for him?

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

3. How did the narrator say he ended up in Germany?

4. What is the ironic flaw in the design on the hilt of the narrator's dagger?

5. Why did the narrator and his mother begin to avoid each other?

(see the answer key)

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