1. What does the narrator mean when he claims, "I became what I am today and what I will always be, a stateless person"?
(a) That he can never return to Germany because he was a spy for the Americans.
(b) That the "Nation of Two" that he and his wife created no longer exists because of her death.
(c) That the concept of statehood is absurd and there should be just one United State, not fifty.
(d) That he can never return to the United States because he wrote propaganda for the Nazis.

2. Who is the "Blue Fairy Godmother"?
(a) Rudolph Hoess.
(b) Helga Noth.
(c) Major Frank Wirtanen.
(d) Abraham Epstein's mother.

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

4. Why does the narrator say Heinz's wife was hard to know?
(a) Everything she said was a lie.
(b) She never spoke to anyone unless she had to.
(c) She only spoke Dutch, a language the narrator does not know.
(d) She was a nonstop talker.

5. Why do Resi's dog and Mrs. Noth have "fat" bellies?
(a) They both suffer from a condition known as "dropsy" as a result of malnutrition.
(b) They are both pregnant.
(c) They are both wearing heavy sweaters with lots of padding to stay warm.
(d) They had stuffed themselves with all the food in the house before invading armies could steal it.