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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one detail of Resi's post-war life that is true?
(a) She worked various odd jobs on her way back to Berlin.
(b) She was an interpreter in a Siberian prison camp.
(c) She worked in a cigarette factory.
(d) She was briefly married to Heinz Schildknecht in hopes that he could put her in touch with the narrator.

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

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

4. In a note, what does the garbage collector, Lazlo Szombathy, claim he knew how to do?
(a) Cure cancer.
(b) Bring about world peace.
(c) Speak Japanese.
(d) Play golf.

5. What is in the capsule that Resi put in her mouth?
(a) A 2-karat diamond.
(b) Aspirin.
(c) A microchip.
(d) Cyanide.

6. Who does the Blue Fairy Godmother say are communist agents?
(a) Himself and the narrator.
(b) Resi Noth and George Kraft.
(c) Dr. Epstein and his mother.
(d) Lionel Jones and Father Keeley.

7. What was the title of a play about a young maiden and a knight who guard the Holy Grail?
(a) Sir Gowan.
(b) Charley's Aunt.
(c) Grail Quest.
(d) The Goblet.

8. What special ceremony is planned at the weekly meeting of the Iron Guard of the White Sons of the Constitution?
(a) A mock human sacrifice.
(b) Initiation rites for the narrator.
(c) The wedding of Resi and the narrator.
(d) A memorial service for August Krapptauer.

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

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

11. What does the G-man tell George Kraft to be sure to take with him to prison?
(a) Plenty to read.
(b) His paintbox.
(c) A cake with a file in it.
(d) A pen and paper to write his story.

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

13. 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 never bat an eye.
(c) They scream at their father.
(d) They cry hysterically.

14. When the narrator asks Adolf Eichmann if he felt that he was guilty of murdering six million Jews, Eichmann replies:
(a) Jews aren't people, so it wasn't exactly murder.
(b) You are as guilty as I am.
(c) Absolutely not.
(d) They had it coming.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wirtanen think the Russians would do to get the narrator to cooperate?

2. Which directive does NOT appear on the sign that the Black Fuehrer of Harlem posts at the Iron Guard meeting?

3. Who was Private Irving Buchanon?

4. How did the narrator and Helga feel after their homes had been bombed, at least for a moment?

5. What is the surprise Lionel Jones presents to the narrator at the Iron Guard meeting?

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