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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. As the narrator recovers in Lionel Jones' basement, what does Resi tell the narrator Jones has arranged?
(a) For Father Keeley to marry them that afternoon.
(b) For them to leave the country when he is well enough to travel.
(c) To have the narrator surrender himself to Israeli authorities in hopes they will grant him leniency.
(d) For everyone in the group to commit mass suicide.

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

3. How do the schoolteacher's children behave in the bomb shelter?
(a) They cry hysterically.
(b) They never bat an eye.
(c) They scream at their father.
(d) They laugh thinking it's all part of a big game.

4. The office where the narrator is held after he is arrested at Jones' place is located in what famous building?
(a) The Empire State Building.
(b) The World Trade Center.
(c) The Sears Tower.
(d) The Chrysler Building.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. If someone wished to purchase a copy of Memoirs of a Monogamous Casanova with color illustrations, how much extra would it cost?

3. What is the actual destination that Lionel Jones arranges for the narrator and the others to go as soon as the narrator is well enough to travel?

4. According to Wirtanen, who are the only three people who knew the truth about the narrator's radio broadcasts?

5. What was Lionel Jones' chauffeur's nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

6. What does the narrator tell Frank Wirtanen that he may have done with his life if Germany had won the war?

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

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

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

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

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