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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 does Arpad Kovacs call people who did nothing to save their own lives or anyone else's lives?
(a) Excrement.
(b) Rotten apples.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Briquets.

2. What is George Kraft's real name?
(a) Milton Pillsbury.
(b) Nicholas Sargento.
(c) Sebastian Cabot.
(d) Iona Potapov.

3. Andor Gutman tells the narrator that music played through the loud speakers all day long at the prison camp, but was occasionally interrupted by the phrase, "Leichentrager zu Wache." What does "Leichentrager zu Wache" mean?
(a) Take cover because the camp was going to be bombed.
(b) Prisoners return to work.
(c) A train filled with prisoners is arriving.
(d) Corpse-carriers to the guardhouse.

4. Which is NOT a profession of the three "heroes" Dr. Epstein calls to his home?
(a) Pediatrician.
(b) Tailor.
(c) Butcher.
(d) Watchmaker.

5. What is the surprise that Rev. Jones and his entourage present to the narrator?
(a) Israeli agents.
(b) A woman who appears to be his wife.
(c) The FBI.
(d) A pair of Broadway producers who want to produce his play about Nazi Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the sound of the bombs dropping as he and Helga are sitting in the bomb shelter?

2. According to the narrator, what was the only thing about Helga that had changed since he last saw her?

3. The narrator tells Epstein's mother that "auf wiedersehen" means "goodbye" in German, but she corrects him by telling him it more precisely means:

4. After the raid and being released from arrest, with whom does the narrator have a conversation as he is entering his building?

5. What is NOT one of the ways Helga made a living when she was separated from the narrator?

(see the answer key)

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