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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. Why does Wirtanen say he cannot trust the narrator?
(a) He was too good a spy.
(b) His recent involvement with Jones' hate group showed a serious lack of judgment.
(c) Anyone who would sleep with his dead wife's sister could not be trusted.
(d) He betrayed both the U.S. and Germany.

2. During the raid, Lionel Jones denounces several groups of people. The G-man declares he is a member of one of the groups. Which one?
(a) Jews.
(b) Catholics.
(c) Mormons.
(d) Unitarians.

3. What had been the garbage man's profession before coming to America?
(a) Attorney.
(b) Veterinarian.
(c) He had always been a garbage man.
(d) Dentist.

4. What does Wirtanen think the Russians would do to get the narrator to cooperate?
(a) Torture him.
(b) Threaten to kill Resi.
(c) Threaten to nuke the U.S.
(d) Threaten to kill him.

5. 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) The wedding of Resi and the narrator.
(c) A memorial service for August Krapptauer.
(d) Initiation rites for the narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. In one of her final statements, Resi says of the narrator, "There is nothing left of him but __________ and a pair of eyes."

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

3. What is the "booty" that the narrator and Frank Wirtanen discuss?

4. To the narrator, the imaginary lines of international borders are as unreal as . . .

5. What is the topic of Resi's speech at the Iron Guard meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Memoirs of a Monogamous Casanova and why did the narrator not want it to be published?

2. What inspires August Krapptauer to start a youth movement and what is its key aim?

3. Describe the encounter between Werner von Braun and the narrator when they meet in New York?

4. Describe Lazlo Szombathy, the man who uses the rope intended for the narrator. What had he done in his native country and after coming to America?

5. How did the narrator meet Werner von Braun and what detail does he recall from that meeting?

6. Describe the schoolteacher's wife's behavior in the bomb shelter. How does her husband respond?

7. When the narrator returns to his ransacked attic home, what does it remind him of?

8. The patrolman the narrator meets outside his home is fascinated with the effects chemicals have on human behavior. What does the patrolman say are ways that chemicals affect human behavior and what are some examples he cites?

9. How does Resi Noth die and what is the reason?

10. Why does the narrator say he "froze" after he is released after the raid?

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