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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the first things the narrator says after he wakes up from the beating?
(a) I gotta stop drinking.
(b) Did somebody get the number of the bus that ran over me?
(c) I've joined the Hottentots!
(d) (To Resi) Who are you?

2. What is the "booty" that the narrator and Frank Wirtanen discuss?
(a) Lionel Jones' stash of weapons and ammunition.
(b) A part of Resi's body.
(c) George Kraft's paintings.
(d) The trunk filled with the narrator's writings.

3. Which actor does the G-man say should play the role of George Kraft in a movie?
(a) Clark Gable.
(b) Jerry Lewis.
(c) Ronald Reagan.
(d) Charlie Chaplin.

4. What was unique about Arndt Klopfer's photography?
(a) Everyone appears to have a halo.
(b) Everyone looks 10-15 years younger.
(c) He is the only German photographer at the time to use color film.
(d) The photos appear to have a 3-D effect in certain light.

5. What are Resi, Father Keeley, and the Black Fuehrer doing when the narrator returns from his meeting with Frank Wirtanen?
(a) Talking to the police.
(b) Preparing for their trip to Mexico.
(c) Organizing a search party.
(d) Playing cards.

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

7. The narrator compares the way "big Nazis" dance to what fictional character?
(a) Donald Duck.
(b) Winnie the Pooh.
(c) Mickey Mouse.
(d) Betty Boop.

8. Where was the narrator NOT taken after his beating?
(a) The hospital.
(b) The police station.
(c) Lionel Jones' cellar.
(d) Abraham Epstein's apartment.

9. After the narrator is released from arrest after the raid, what does he say he no longer has that kept him moving through "so many dead and pointless years"?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Love.
(c) Money.
(d) Fear.

10. Why does the narrator think his drawing is so popular?
(a) It resembles a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci.
(b) It is so strikingly realistic.
(c) It looks like something drawn on the wall of a public lavatory.
(d) It made people laugh at themselves and their own imperfections.

11. What does George Kraft think new surroundings and new identities would inspire him and the narrator to do?
(a) Find beautiful women to marry and finally start families.
(b) Find a wreck of a boat and restore it, then sail around the world.
(c) Be creative: the narrator to write again and Kraft to paint better.
(d) Open a bar near a beach.

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

13. What becomes of the rope that was given to the narrator?
(a) Resi uses it to tie up the narrator's attacker until the police arrive.
(b) Dr. Epstein uses it to make a tourniquet on the narrator's injured leg to keep him from bleeding to death.
(c) A garbage collector uses it to commit suicide.
(d) The narrator uses it to tie their new mattress to the top of a car.

14. What is the surprise Lionel Jones presents to the narrator at the Iron Guard meeting?
(a) A recording of one of his radio broadcasts.
(b) The Blue Fairy Godmother.
(c) An anthology of his plays, printed, bound, and ready to sell.
(d) $200,000 in cash and phony identity documents to start a new life.

15. In one of her final statements, Resi says of the narrator, "There is nothing left of him but __________ and a pair of eyes."
(a) Love.
(b) Anger.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) His mouth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man in the bar say is the answer to Communism?

2. What is unusual about Father Keeley's prayer at the Iron Guard meeting?

3. What is in the capsule that Resi put in her mouth?

4. The narrator tells Helga he wants to get a bed like their old one that . . .

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

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