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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. After his conversation with Eichmann, what does the narrator decide is not such a good defense after all?
(a) He had been completely brainwashed by the German government.
(b) All is fair in love and war.
(c) He was just a soldier following orders.
(d) He didn't know people were actually dying as a result of his work.

2. What does the man in the bar say is the answer to Communism?
(a) Moral Rearmament.
(b) Peace, love, and mind-altering drugs.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Nuking the Russians.

3. What is the misleading title of chapter 23?
(a) The Last Chapter.
(b) Chapter One.
(c) Nothing Interesting Happens after This.
(d) Chapter Six Hundred and Forty-three.

4. What does the narrator say is a "snaggle-toothed thought machine"?
(a) A totalitarian mind.
(b) The G-men.
(c) Communism.
(d) A hate group.

5. What is one of the first things the narrator says after he wakes up from the beating?
(a) (To Resi) Who are you?
(b) I gotta stop drinking.
(c) Did somebody get the number of the bus that ran over me?
(d) I've joined the Hottentots!

Short Answer Questions

1. What does George Kraft do when he realized the narrator was on to his scheme?

2. What does the patrolman tell the narrator that chemicals had caused a woman living nearby to do?

3. What is "Dat Old Golden Rule"?

4. What is Helga's present to the narrator when they are reunited?

5. What is the topic of Resi's speech at the Iron Guard meeting?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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