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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. How does the narrator describe the sound of the bombs dropping as he and Helga are sitting in the bomb shelter?
(a) Like a racecar engine revving.
(b) Like they are jumping off a diving board.
(c) Like they are walking.
(d) Like they are dropping a set of 500 lb. weights.

2. What was the subject of a note Eichmann sends to the narrator when they are both in jail?
(a) If the narrator thinks he's a bad person.
(b) Whether the narrator has any stock in the company that made Cyklon-B.
(c) Whether having a literary agent is necessary.
(d) If saying he's sorry will cause the jury to go easy on him.

3. From whom does the narrator receive a note during the Iron Guard meeting and what does it say?
(a) From Helga, saying she really is alive and that she can never forgive her sister for betraying her.
(b) From the Blue Fairy Godmother saying that the narrator's life is in danger.
(c) From his attorney, who says the court will be lenient if he turns himself in now and pleads guilty.
(d) From the man who beat him up at the mailboxes, who says he plans to finish the job after the meeting.

4. What is the "booty" that the narrator and Frank Wirtanen discuss?
(a) A part of Resi's body.
(b) Lionel Jones' stash of weapons and ammunition.
(c) George Kraft's paintings.
(d) The trunk filled with the narrator's writings.

5. Why does the narrator think his drawing is so popular?
(a) It looks like something drawn on the wall of a public lavatory.
(b) It resembles a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci.
(c) It is so strikingly realistic.
(d) It made people laugh at themselves and their own imperfections.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator is upset when he finds out that Armistice Day had been changed to . . .

2. Where does Helga claim she located the trunk filled with many of the narrator's things?

3. What does the patrolman say has the potential to end crime, war, divorce, child abuse, and several other social ills?

4. What does Lionel Jones claim his organization is doing that the G-man is not?

5. Why does Wirtanen say he cannot trust the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happened to the narrator after being beaten and knocked unconscious.

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

3. Where does Helga say she found the collection of the narrator's works? What is the significance of this place?

4. Describe the encounter at the mailboxes with the unnamed man with the shopping bag.

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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