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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. What is the general public response after newspapers begin to publish articles about Howard Campbell?
(a) Nobody cares anymore because the war happened so long ago.
(b) Support because Campbell followed his convictions, even though they were unpopular.
(c) Anger, outrage, and calls for swift justice.
(d) Fear that the situation could strain relations with other countries.

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

3. The narrator is upset when he finds out that Armistice Day had been changed to . . .
(a) Independence Day.
(b) Veterans' Day.
(c) Labor Day.
(d) Memorial Day.

4. What does the schoolteacher in the bomb shelter do to silence his hysterical wife?
(a) Gets her to drink some vodka.
(b) Puts his socks on his hands and puts on a puppet show.
(c) Sings to her.
(d) Knocks her out.

5. What is in the capsule that Resi put in her mouth?
(a) Cyanide.
(b) Aspirin.
(c) A 2-karat diamond.
(d) A microchip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprising revelation does Helga give the narrator after their first night back together?

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

3. What does the narrator say is a "snaggle-toothed thought machine"?

4. After the narrator is released from arrest after the raid, what does he say he no longer has that kept him moving through "so many dead and pointless years"?

5. When the narrator asks Adolf Eichmann if he felt that he was guilty of murdering six million Jews, Eichmann replies:

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the offensive drawing that Kraft uses for target practice. Why does the narrator say he drew the "ludicrous" cartoon, and what does he himself think about it?

3. What does Frank Wirtanen say will happen to Jones, Keeley, the Black Fuehrer, and the Iron Guardsmen after the raid?

4. What is the plot of "The Goblet"?

5. 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?

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

7. What is Resi's explanation for tricking the narrator into thinking she is her dead sister?

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

9. Describe the narrator's surroundings when he regains consciousness after being beaten.

10. Describe the scene at Jones' house after the narrator returns from his meeting with the Blue Fairy Godmother.

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