2. The Blue Fairy Godmother tells the narrator that to do his job right, he will have to:
(a) Convince everyone he is Jewish.
(b) Earn the trust of the leader of a white supremacist group.
(c) Kill his best friend.
(d) Commit high treason.

3. What secret does Resi reveal to the narrator before he leaves for the front lines?
(a) That she knows that Helga is still alive.
(b) That Helga had left the narrator for another man.
(c) That she is in love with him.
(d) That she is pregnant with his baby.

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

5. What is the book, Memoirs of a Monogamous Casanova, about?
(a) The working title of a play about a celebrated Nazi commandant.
(b) A fictional account of Giacomo Casanova's life after he married and settled down.
(c) The lascivious thoughts of a middle-aged family man with a wild imagination.
(d) The narrator and Helga's sex life as a married couple.

Short Answer Questions

1. Andor Gutman explains that "Sonderkommando" means "special detail." What horrific "special detail" did Andor Gutman say members of the Sonderkommando had to perform?

2. What is Frank Wirtanen's real name?

3. What is the misleading title of chapter 23?

4. What was unique about Arndt Klopfer's photography?

5. What surprising revelation does Helga give the narrator after their first night back together?

(see the answer key)

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