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

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

3. What does George Kraft do when he realized the narrator was on to his scheme?
(a) Takes Resi hostage.
(b) Calls the narrator a liar.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Reaches for his pistol.

4. 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.

5. What interesting fact does Frank Wirtanen tell the narrator about the people who fed him information for the radio broadcasts?
(a) They were all high school students.
(b) They were all Jewish.
(c) They all survived the war.
(d) They were all women.

6. How do the schoolteacher's children behave in the bomb shelter?
(a) They laugh thinking it's all part of a big game.
(b) They scream at their father.
(c) They never bat an eye.
(d) They cry hysterically.

7. Who was Private Irving Buchanon?
(a) A member of Jones' entourage.
(b) The best friend of the man who beats up the narrator.
(c) The soldier who captured the narrator in Germany.
(d) The American Legion Post member who writes the narrator an angry letter.

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

9. 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) Catholics.
(b) Mormons.
(c) Unitarians.
(d) Jews.

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

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

12. What is "Dat Old Golden Rule"?
(a) The Golden Rule the way Black Fuehrer says it.
(b) A song the narrator hears on the radio.
(c) The title of a racist play.
(d) The most important rule that the Iron Guardsmen must obey.

13. What does Wirtanen tell the narrator that George Kraft had planned to do to him?
(a) Kidnap him from Mexico and take him to Russia.
(b) Steal Resi from him.
(c) Leave him all his worldly possessions.
(d) Kill him and tell the media the job was done by Israeli assassins.

14. What was in the shopping bag of the man who beat up the narrator?
(a) Copies of the Minuteman.
(b) A noose.
(c) A gun.
(d) Groceries.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Wirtanen, who are the only three people who knew the truth about the narrator's radio broadcasts?

2. From whom does the narrator receive a note during the Iron Guard meeting and what does it say?

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

4. What was Lionel Jones' chauffeur's nickname?

5. Why does the narrator think his drawing is so popular?

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