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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 say is a "snaggle-toothed thought machine"?
(a) A hate group.
(b) A totalitarian mind.
(c) Communism.
(d) The G-men.

2. What does the patrolman tell the narrator that chemicals had caused a woman living nearby to do?
(a) Kill her own baby.
(b) Set her apartment on fire.
(c) Intentionally ram her car into someone else's.
(d) Kill her husband.

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

4. To the narrator, the imaginary lines of international borders are as unreal as . . .
(a) UFOs and space aliens.
(b) Elves and pixies.
(c) Elvis and the Beatles.
(d) Sasquatch and Yeti.

5. Why does Wirtanen say he cannot trust the narrator?
(a) He betrayed both the U.S. and Germany.
(b) His recent involvement with Jones' hate group showed a serious lack of judgment.
(c) He was too good a spy.
(d) Anyone who would sleep with his dead wife's sister could not be trusted.

6. What do the narrator and Resi find drawn in blue ink on his mailbox namecard?
(a) A crude drawing of a man smoking a cigar.
(b) The symbol of a local street gang marking its turf.
(c) A Star of David.
(d) A swastika.

7. What does the schoolteacher in the bomb shelter do to silence his hysterical wife?
(a) Puts his socks on his hands and puts on a puppet show.
(b) Sings to her.
(c) Knocks her out.
(d) Gets her to drink some vodka.

8. What is the general public response after newspapers begin to publish articles about Howard Campbell?
(a) Support because Campbell followed his convictions, even though they were unpopular.
(b) Nobody cares anymore because the war happened so long ago.
(c) Fear that the situation could strain relations with other countries.
(d) Anger, outrage, and calls for swift justice.

9. The narrator tells Helga he wants to get a bed like their old one that . . .
(a) Was stuffed with goose down.
(b) Could fold up into the wall.
(c) Had a headboard like an Italian sunset.
(d) Provided really good back support.

10. The narrator is upset when he finds out that Armistice Day had been changed to . . .
(a) Veterans' Day.
(b) Labor Day.
(c) Memorial Day.
(d) Independence Day.

11. What does the patrolman say has the potential to end crime, war, divorce, child abuse, and several other social ills?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Religion.
(c) Chemicals.
(d) Extraterrestrial beings.

12. What is the actual destination that Lionel Jones arranges for the narrator and the others to go as soon as the narrator is well enough to travel?
(a) Rio de Janeiro.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Ho Chi Minh City.
(d) Johannesburg.

13. What is the main reason the Iron Guard boys have their mothers alter their suits instead of going to a tailor?
(a) It is the only way women are allowed to participate in the group.
(b) Most tailors (according to Jones) are Jews.
(c) The families cannot afford tailors.
(d) The group has a strong "do-it-yourself" ethic.

14. What was Lionel Jones' chauffeur's nickname?
(a) The Tojo of Soho.
(b) The Black Fuehrer of Harlem.
(c) The Hitler of Hackensack.
(d) The Bed-Stuy Mussolini.

15. What does the narrator call Werner von Braun?
(a) The Abraham Lincoln of Physics.
(b) An Albert Einstein wannabe.
(c) The George Washington of Science.
(d) The Thomas Jefferson of the Space Age.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Regarding Stepan Bodovskov's finding of the narrator's trunk, Frank Wirtanen says he had a trunkful of . . .

3. What does George Kraft do when he realized the narrator was on to his scheme?

4. As the narrator recovers in Lionel Jones' basement, what does Resi tell the narrator Jones has arranged?

5. What are Resi, Father Keeley, and the Black Fuehrer doing when the narrator returns from his meeting with Frank Wirtanen?

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