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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 43-45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the ironic flaw in the design on the hilt of the narrator's dagger?
(a) The eagle looks more like a turkey.
(b) The stars are in a pattern similar to that of a Confederate battle flag.
(c) The silversmith put a peace symbol where a swastika is supposed to be.
(d) The stars are six pointed, like the Star of David, not five pointed American stars.

2. For what "crime" was Stepan Bodovskov arrested, tried, and shot?
(a) Obscenity.
(b) Originality.
(c) Plagiarism.
(d) Capitalism.

3. What does Dr. Epstein's mother "croon" to the narrator as he waits in her apartment?
(a) Auf wiedersehen.
(b) Bon voyage.
(c) Leichentrager zu Wache.
(d) L'chaim.

4. Which chess piece does the narrator accidentally keep as a memento?
(a) Pawn.
(b) Queen.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Knight.

5. Why did the narrator and his mother begin to avoid each other?
(a) Because of their differing views of the war.
(b) Because the narrator looked too much like his father, who had left her for a younger woman.
(c) Because of her bizarre behavior.
(d) Because his mother did not like Helga.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator tells Helga he wants to get a bed like their old one that . . .

2. What is one thing that Heinz was willing to do for his motorcycle that he was not willing to do for his wife?

3. Arpad Kovacs says he joined the Nazi S.S. The S.S. is famous for being what?

4. What does Arpad Kovacs call people who did nothing to save their own lives or anyone else's lives?

5. What is Helga's present to the narrator when they are reunited?

(see the answer key)

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