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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. What is the surprise Lionel Jones presents to the narrator at the Iron Guard meeting?
(a) A recording of one of his radio broadcasts.
(b) An anthology of his plays, printed, bound, and ready to sell.
(c) $200,000 in cash and phony identity documents to start a new life.
(d) The Blue Fairy Godmother.

2. What becomes of the rope that was given to the narrator?
(a) The narrator uses it to tie their new mattress to the top of a car.
(b) Resi uses it to tie up the narrator's attacker until the police arrive.
(c) A garbage collector uses it to commit suicide.
(d) Dr. Epstein uses it to make a tourniquet on the narrator's injured leg to keep him from bleeding to death.

3. 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 Chrysler Building.
(c) The Sears Tower.
(d) The World Trade Center.

4. What is the Blue Fairy Godmother's response to the narrator's concerns that his parents knew he was broadcasting Nazi propaganda?
(a) His parents were secretly pro-Nazi and were very proud of their son.
(b) They were both too senile to really understand what was happening.
(c) The mission was more important than the peace of mind of two old people.
(d) They received a call from President Roosevelt explaining the situation, but were sworn to secrecy.

5. For what "crime" was Stepan Bodovskov arrested, tried, and shot?
(a) Originality.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Obscenity.
(d) Plagiarism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is a "snaggle-toothed thought machine"?

2. The narrator compares the way "big Nazis" dance to what fictional character?

3. What special ceremony is planned at the weekly meeting of the Iron Guard of the White Sons of the Constitution?

4. In one of her final statements, Resi says of the narrator, "There is nothing left of him but __________ and a pair of eyes."

5. What does the narrator call Werner von Braun?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

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

9. Describe the appearance of the Iron Guardsmen.

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

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