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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. Where was the narrator NOT taken after his beating?
(a) The police station.
(b) The hospital.
(c) Lionel Jones' cellar.
(d) Abraham Epstein's apartment.

2. Who does the Blue Fairy Godmother say are communist agents?
(a) Lionel Jones and Father Keeley.
(b) Himself and the narrator.
(c) Dr. Epstein and his mother.
(d) Resi Noth and George Kraft.

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

4. How does the narrator regard the old trunk?
(a) A time capsule of life before the war.
(b) A treasure chest filled with possibilities.
(c) A nice place for a family of rats to set up housekeeping.
(d) A coffin of the young man he would never be again.

5. According to Wirtanen, who are the only three people who knew the truth about the narrator's radio broadcasts?
(a) Howard Campbell and his parents.
(b) Frank Wirtanen, General Donovan, and Franklin Delano "Rosenfeld."
(c) Lionel Jones, George Kraft, and Father Keeley.
(d) Helga, Resi, and Heinz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "gift" does Frank Wirtanen say that the narrator and George Kraft have in common?

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

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

4. What characteristics do all the guardsmen at Krapptauer's memorial have in common?

5. What interesting fact does Frank Wirtanen tell the narrator about the people who fed him information for the radio broadcasts?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Frank Wirtanen, why do the Russians want to get their hands on the narrator?

2. 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?

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

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

5. Summarize the key points of the narrator's radio address that was played at the Iron Guard meeting.

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

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

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

9. What does the narrator suggests happened to George Kraft's pipe?

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

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