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

2. What was in the shopping bag of the man who beat up the narrator?
(a) Groceries.
(b) A noose.
(c) A gun.
(d) Copies of the Minuteman.

3. What is one detail of Resi's post-war life that is true?
(a) She worked in a cigarette factory.
(b) She was briefly married to Heinz Schildknecht in hopes that he could put her in touch with the narrator.
(c) She worked various odd jobs on her way back to Berlin.
(d) She was an interpreter in a Siberian prison camp.

4. After the raid and being released from arrest, with whom does the narrator have a conversation as he is entering his building?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Dr. Epstein.
(c) The Blue Fairy Godmother.
(d) A patrolman.

5. 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) Fear that the situation could strain relations with other countries.
(c) Support because Campbell followed his convictions, even though they were unpopular.
(d) Anger, outrage, and calls for swift justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which actor does the G-man say should play the role of George Kraft in a movie?

2. What is one of the first things the narrator says after he wakes up from the beating?

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

4. What was unique about Arndt Klopfer's photography?

5. For what "crime" was Stepan Bodovskov arrested, tried, and shot?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the appearance of the Iron Guardsmen.

3. 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?

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. Describe what Stepan Bodovskov does with the narrator's writings. What is the result?

10. Describe the planned escape to Mexico. Who was involved and how?

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