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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does the narrator regard the old trunk?
(a) A treasure chest filled with possibilities.
(b) A coffin of the young man he would never be again.
(c) A nice place for a family of rats to set up housekeeping.
(d) A time capsule of life before the war.

6. 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) Open a bar near a beach.
(c) Be creative: the narrator to write again and Kraft to paint better.
(d) Find a wreck of a boat and restore it, then sail around the world.

7. 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) Anger, outrage, and calls for swift justice.
(d) Fear that the situation could strain relations with other countries.

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

9. If someone wished to purchase a copy of Memoirs of a Monogamous Casanova with color illustrations, how much extra would it cost?
(a) Five pounds Sterling.
(b) Seventy-five Deutschmarks.
(c) Forty rubles.
(d) Forty dollars.

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

11. From whom does the narrator receive a note during the Iron Guard meeting and what does it say?
(a) From Helga, saying she really is alive and that she can never forgive her sister for betraying her.
(b) From the man who beat him up at the mailboxes, who says he plans to finish the job after the meeting.
(c) From the Blue Fairy Godmother saying that the narrator's life is in danger.
(d) From his attorney, who says the court will be lenient if he turns himself in now and pleads guilty.

12. What is the misleading title of chapter 23?
(a) Nothing Interesting Happens after This.
(b) Chapter Six Hundred and Forty-three.
(c) The Last Chapter.
(d) Chapter One.

13. 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 Father Keeley to marry them that afternoon.
(c) For them to leave the country when he is well enough to travel.
(d) For everyone in the group to commit mass suicide.

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

15. What characteristics do all the guardsmen at Krapptauer's memorial have in common?
(a) They are all left-handed.
(b) They are all blond and over six feet tall.
(c) They are all wearing sweatshirts from Ivy League schools.
(d) They are all senior citizens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What false name does George Kraft suggest for the narrator?

2. Where was the narrator NOT taken after his beating?

3. What does the patrolman tell the narrator that chemicals had caused a woman living nearby to do?

4. Which of the following is NOT a place the narrator met with the Blue Fairy Godmother?

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

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