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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bernard Mengel, who guards the narrator at night, tells the narrator he does what in his sleep?
(a) Snores and grinds his teeth.
(b) Cries.
(c) Sleepwalks.
(d) Says the names of two women and talks about a city.

2. From where does Alvin Dobrowitz say the narrator's and the Blue Fairy Godmother's sign and countersign were taken?
(a) A song from the Brownies girls' club.
(b) The American Pledge of Allegiance.
(c) The Boy Scout motto.
(d) The Serenity Prayer.

3. What prized possession does Werner Noth fear a slave woman will destroy due to carelessness?
(a) A grandfather clock.
(b) A blue vase.
(c) A Gutenberg Bible.
(d) A Rembrandt painting.

4. Where was the narrator born?
(a) New York City.
(b) Schenectady, New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Berlin.

5. What does Heinz Schildknecht love above all else?
(a) His motorcycle.
(b) His career.
(c) His country.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator mean when he claims, "I became what I am today and what I will always be, a stateless person"?

2. When they are reunited, what does Helga say she will do if the narrator has no room for her in his life?

3. How are Resi and Helga related?

4. What prompted the sudden death of August Krapptauer?

5. What does Arpad Kovacs call people who did nothing to save their own lives or anyone else's lives?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the narrator's mother and what is the "queer demonstration" she gives?

2. In chapter one, where is the narrator? Why is he there and what is he doing?

3. What happened to members of the Sonderkommando when their job was done? How were they replaced?

4. Describe Heinz Schildknecht's wife as the narrator portrays her. Why does he not like her?

5. Describe the Western Hemisphere University of the Bible. What kind of courses were taught and how could one earn a degree there?

6. What is Goebbels' response to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?

7. Describe Resi's reaction to the news that her dog must be killed.

8. Describe the Free American Corps. What was its purpose and how successful was it?

9. How does the narrator describe The White Christian Minuteman and what is his reaction to it arriving in his mailbox?

10. Briefly explain the "Nation of Two" the narrator frequently mentions. What is its original meaning and what does it signify to the narrator personally?

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