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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. To what does the narrator compare Resi's dog?
(a) An amphibian.
(b) A rat.
(c) A pig.
(d) A human.
2. With what American expression is the narrator not familiar when he first meets Frank Wirtanen?
(a) Zip it.
(b) None of your beeswax.
(c) Takes one to know one.
(d) What's up, doc?
3. According to the narrator, what was the only thing about Helga that had changed since he last saw her?
(a) She was blind.
(b) Her hair had become snowy white.
(c) She suffered from dementia and did not know who he was.
(d) She had gained a lot of weight.
4. How does Bernard O'Hare, who had captured the narrator in Germany, get the narrator's address?
(a) From a letter the narrator had sent to an American Legion post.
(b) From Mrs. Epstein.
(c) From the attorney who handles the probate for the narrator's parents' will.
(d) From the Minuteman magazine.
5. Why was Lionel Jones kicked out of dental school?
(a) Because he plagiarized his dissertation.
(b) Because he used a racial slur against the dean.
(c) Because of scholastic failure and weapons found under his mattress.
(d) On suspicion that he deliberately over-anesthetized a Jewish patient, causing her severe brain damage.
6. Which of the following is NOT a symbol that the narrator had drawn in the dust of his windowpanes:
(a) A swastika.
(b) A cross.
(c) The Stars and Stripes.
(d) A hammer and sickle.
7. How did the narrator say he ended up in Germany?
(a) He went there on a college work-study program.
(b) He was working as a war correspondent for the New York Times.
(c) His father was transferred there because of work.
(d) His German wife missed her family and was homesick.
8. When the narrator does not want to discuss politics when they are alone in his apartment, what does he ask Helga to ask him about instead?
(a) Music.
(b) Literature.
(c) Art.
(d) Religion.
9. 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.
10. What does the narrator do with his broom?
(a) Carves the handle with his wood-carving set.
(b) Hits an attacker over the head with it.
(c) Offers to sweep the hallways of his building in exchange for rent.
(d) Gives it to his neighbor's daughter who wanted to dress as a witch for Halloween.
11. 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) Sleepwalks.
(c) Cries.
(d) Snores and grinds his teeth.
12. Of what did the narrator have twenty-six copies?
(a) The White Christian Minuteman.
(b) Hitler's Mein Kampf.
(c) Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" album.
(d) The Bible.
13. Comparing himself to Lionel Jones, the narrator insists that he is neither __________ nor __________.
(a) Racist nor bigoted.
(b) Smart nor good-looking.
(c) Ignorant nor insane.
(d) German nor American.
14. What childish phrase does the Blue Fairy Godmother tell the narrator that he should not expect to hear for himself?
(a) I know you are, but what am I?
(b) Olly-olly-ox-in-free.
(c) Finders keepers.
(d) Tag! You're it.
15. When they are reunited, what does Helga say she will do if the narrator has no room for her in his life?
(a) Try to just become good friends.
(b) Kill herself.
(c) Sue him for divorce and take half of everything he has.
(d) Say goodbye, disappear, and never bother him again.
Short Answer Questions
1. Friedmann is the director of what?
2. Which description does NOT apply to Lionel Jones?
3. How does Mr. Noth die?
4. What does the narrator mean when he claims, "I became what I am today and what I will always be, a stateless person"?
5. What is the "Last Full Measure" to which the narrator refers?
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