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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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 the "Nation of Two" that he and his wife created no longer exists because of her death.
(b) That he can never return to the United States because he wrote propaganda for the Nazis.
(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 Germany because he was a spy for the Americans.

2. Where does the narrator say he met Rudolf Hoess?
(a) In the prison exercise yard.
(b) On a train to Warsaw.
(c) In a bar in Berlin.
(d) At a New Year's Eve party.

3. The narrator say his plays were medieval romances and as political as ____________.
(a) Apple pie.
(b) Vanilla ice-cream.
(c) Chocolate éclairs.
(d) Crème Brûlée.

4. What is one thing that Heinz was willing to do for his motorcycle that he was not willing to do for his wife?
(a) Stand in front of an advancing tank.
(b) Spend entire weekends together.
(c) Buy expensive accessories.
(d) Give up smoking.

5. How did the narrator say he ended up in Germany?
(a) He was working as a war correspondent for the New York Times.
(b) He went there on a college work-study program.
(c) His father was transferred there because of work.
(d) His German wife missed her family and was homesick.

6. The narrator claims he didn't really steal his friend's motorcycle, but . . .
(a) Accidentally backed over it with his car and dumped the motorcycle in the lake to hide the evidence.
(b) Paid for it by leaving money in his friend's boot while he was sleeping.
(c) Borrowed it for all eternity.
(d) Pretended to steal it so his friend could collect the insurance money.

7. What sport did the narrator and Heinz Schildknecht play together?
(a) Golf.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Boxing.
(d) Ping-pong.

8. Which of the following is NOT a symbol that the narrator had drawn in the dust of his windowpanes:
(a) A cross.
(b) A swastika.
(c) A hammer and sickle.
(d) The Stars and Stripes.

9. 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.

10. How old is Resi Noth when the narrator leaves for the front lines?
(a) 45 years old.
(b) A newborn infant.
(c) 10 years old.
(d) 21 years old.

11. What did the narrator's father insist was not for children, but the narrator looked at anyway?
(a) His mother's obstetrics book from nursing school.
(b) A stack of pornographic magazines in his father's garage.
(c) A print of Picasso's Guernica.
(d) A picture history of the First World War.

12. The narrator tells Epstein's mother that "auf wiedersehen" means "goodbye" in German, but she corrects him by telling him it more precisely means:
(a) Peace be upon you.
(b) Until we meet again.
(c) Go with God.
(d) Both hello and goodbye.

13. Of what did the narrator have twenty-six copies?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The White Christian Minuteman.
(c) Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" album.
(d) Hitler's Mein Kampf.

14. Arpad Kovacs was personally congratulated by __________, whom he would have killed had he known how important he was.
(a) General George S. Patton.
(b) Adolph Hitler.
(c) Winston Churchill.
(d) Adolph Eichmann.

15. How did the narrator lose Helga?
(a) She died giving birth to their first child.
(b) Russian troops seized the area where she was entertaining the troops and she is presumed dead.
(c) She left him for another man.
(d) She was accused of spying for the Americans and was sent to a prison camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What secret does Resi reveal to the narrator before he leaves for the front lines?

2. From whom did the narrator take the motorcycle?

3. Why do Resi's dog and Mrs. Noth have "fat" bellies?

4. What is the war crime that Howard Campbell stands accused of?

5. How many brothers and sisters does the narrator have?

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