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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. Which description best fits the narrator's New York home?
(a) A brownstone in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn.
(b) A rat-infested attic apartment in Greenwich Village.
(c) An upscale Manhattan condo.
(d) A detached house in a working-class neighborhood in Queens.

2. What is the city in which Campbell, Jr. sits in jail waiting for his trial to begin?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Nuremberg.
(c) The Hague.
(d) New York.

3. After the war, how many years did the narrator live in New York?
(a) One.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Seven.

4. Andor Gutman explains that "Sonderkommando" means "special detail." What horrific "special detail" did Andor Gutman say members of the Sonderkommando had to perform?
(a) Check the cesspools of the latrines to make sure no prisoners were hiding there.
(b) Ensure that Jewish children removed all their clothing before entering the gas chamber.
(c) Condemn persons into the gas chambers and then remove their dead bodies.
(d) Extract gold teeth from dead prisoners.

5. What do the letters "W.H.U.B." stand for?
(a) Western Hemisphere University of the Bible.
(b) White Heterosexuals United by Beliefs.
(c) Women Helping Underprivileged Brethren.
(d) Nothing. They are the call letters of a radio station.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator first see the woman he thinks is Helga when they are reunited?

2. What is the White Christian Minuteman?

3. Bernard Mengel, who guards the narrator at night, tells the narrator he does what in his sleep?

4. How did the narrator say he ended up in Germany?

5. Why did Resi remove her mittens when she was sitting in the music room?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain why the narrator thinks Helga is "amazingly well-preserved."

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

4. What reason does Andor Gutman give for thinking that the position of "corpse-carrier" would be a good job?

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

6. What frequently occurs in the little park outside the narrator's window that would often get his attention, and what is the significance of this?

7. Why had Father Keeley been "unfrocked"?

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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