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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the raid and being released from arrest, with whom does the narrator have a conversation as he is entering his building?
(a) Ralph.
(b) A patrolman.
(c) The Blue Fairy Godmother.
(d) Dr. Epstein.

2. During the raid, Lionel Jones denounces several groups of people. The G-man declares he is a member of one of the groups. Which one?
(a) Unitarians.
(b) Jews.
(c) Catholics.
(d) Mormons.

3. What is the topic of Resi's speech at the Iron Guard meeting?
(a) The sacrifices her sister and parents made for the cause they believed in.
(b) Her first-hand experiences with communism.
(c) How the narrator's writings inspired her.
(d) The importance of holding out for true love.

4. Where does Helga claim she located the trunk filled with many of the narrator's things?
(a) In a secret closet in their old apartment that the new tenants had not discovered.
(b) In the bombed-out ruins of her father's house.
(c) From a drop site in a park where a note from the Blue Fairy Godmother said it would be.
(d) At the Berlin theatre where she and the narrator had worked.

5. What causes the Holy Grail to disappear in the narrator's play?
(a) Christ appears to the maiden and claims it as his rightful possession.
(b) The maiden secretly hides it in the Ark of the Covenant.
(c) The black knight steals it.
(d) The maiden and the knight have impure thoughts.

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

7. As the narrator recovers in Lionel Jones' basement, what does Resi tell the narrator Jones has arranged?
(a) To have the narrator surrender himself to Israeli authorities in hopes they will grant him leniency.
(b) For them to leave the country when he is well enough to travel.
(c) For Father Keeley to marry them that afternoon.
(d) For everyone in the group to commit mass suicide.

8. What does Jones' chauffeur says always works even though most other things do not?
(a) A black man.
(b) Love.
(c) Aspirin.
(d) Timex watches.

9. Which of the following is NOT a place the narrator met with the Blue Fairy Godmother?
(a) In a dining hall in Wiesbaden.
(b) On a park bench in the Tiergarten in Berlin.
(c) In his New York apartment.
(d) A vacant shop across the street from Lionel Jones' house.

10. 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.

11. Regarding Stepan Bodovskov's finding of the narrator's trunk, Frank Wirtanen says he had a trunkful of . . .
(a) Trouble.
(b) Genius.
(c) Instant career.
(d) The worst writing ever to come out of Germany.

12. What false name does George Kraft suggest for the narrator?
(a) Casanova.
(b) Pancho Villa.
(c) Don Quixote.
(d) Don Juan.

13. What snide remark does Resi make as she watches drum majorettes pass by in a parade?
(a) That half of the girls will end up pregnant before they graduate.
(b) That being able to do high kicks and twirl batons will help the girls be successful in life.
(c) That it's not as good as being a cheerleader.
(d) That Americans must find war a very sexy thing.

14. What does Lionel Jones claim his organization is doing that the G-man is not?
(a) Living in peace and harmony with everyone.
(b) Obeying the Constitution.
(c) Protecting the Republic.
(d) Serving God.

15. What surprising revelation does Helga give the narrator after their first night back together?
(a) She is there to spy on him.
(b) She is not Helga at all; she is actually Resi.
(c) She has come to serve him with divorce papers.
(d) Their seventeen-year-old son is waiting in a nearby coffee shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a note, what does the garbage collector, Lazlo Szombathy, claim he knew how to do?

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

3. What was in the shopping bag of the man who beat up the narrator?

4. In one of her final statements, Resi says of the narrator, "There is nothing left of him but __________ and a pair of eyes."

5. What does the G-man tell George Kraft to be sure to take with him to prison?

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