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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. Of what did the narrator have twenty-six copies?
(a) Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" album.
(b) The White Christian Minuteman.
(c) Hitler's Mein Kampf.
(d) The Bible.

2. What famous speech does Goebbels, Head of the German Ministry of Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda, find particularly impressive?
(a) His own "Do you want total war?" speech.
(b) Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
(c) Christ's Sermon on the Mount.
(d) Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech.

3. What childish phrase does the Blue Fairy Godmother tell the narrator that he should not expect to hear for himself?
(a) Tag! You're it.
(b) I know you are, but what am I?
(c) Olly-olly-ox-in-free.
(d) Finders keepers.

4. Where does Helga get the money to be able to reunite with the narrator?
(a) A bounty hunter looking for the narrator.
(b) Donations from the narrator's supporters.
(c) A life insurance settlement from her deceased parents.
(d) Lottery winnings.

5. According to the narrator, what was the only thing about Helga that had changed since he last saw her?
(a) She had gained a lot of weight.
(b) She suffered from dementia and did not know who he was.
(c) Her hair had become snowy white.
(d) She was blind.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Howard Campbell write his story?

2. What is NOT one of the ways Helga made a living when she was separated from the narrator?

3. Why was Lionel Jones kicked out of dental school?

4. Which of the following is NOT a revelation that Mr. Noth, Helga's father, reveals to the narrator:

5. Which characteristic does NOT describe Howard W. Campbell, Jr.'s father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the gist of Bernard O'Hare's letter to the narrator?

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. How and where does the narrator learn the lurid details of his father-in-law's death and what does the narrator find troubling about the article, besides the fact that it is about the death of someone he knows?

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

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

9. Why was Lionel Jones sent to prison (before he became acquainted with the narrator), and based on what evidence?

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

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