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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unique symbol is on Campbell's typewriter given to him in the Jerusalem prison?

2. What is George Kraft's real name?

3. Which of the following is NOT a revelation that Mr. Noth, Helga's father, reveals to the narrator:

4. Bernard Mengel tells the narrator that he (the narrator) is the only man he has heard of who . . .

5. Where does Helga get the money to be able to reunite with the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does information regarding the narrator's whereabouts end up in The White Christian Minuteman?

2. Where and in what kind of place does the narrator live while he is in hiding?

3. What is Goebbels' response to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?

4. Why had Father Keeley been "unfrocked"?

5. Describe the narrator's mother and what is the "queer demonstration" she gives?

6. What happened to members of the Sonderkommando when their job was done? How were they replaced?

7. What frequently occurs in the little park outside the narrator's window that would often get his attention, and what is the significance of this?

8. Describe the narrator's lifestyle while he is in hiding. How does he live and from where does he get his income?

9. What is the gist of Bernard O'Hare's letter to the narrator?

10. Briefly explain the "Nation of Two" the narrator frequently mentions. What is its original meaning and what does it signify to the narrator personally?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some of the younger characters in the novel, such as Dr. Epstein and the narrator's Israeli-born guard, think discussing what happened in the death camps pointless or irrelevant. Discuss whether these attitudes are healthy examples of people trying to get on with their lives and not be burdened by the past or a troubling example of living in denial.

Essay Topic 2

In your opinion, does Howard Campbell ever redeem himself for his crimes? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Howard Campbell discovers that Resi has not only deceived him by posing as Helga's sister, but is also a communist agent involved in a plot to kidnap him. Discuss why Campbell is not particularly shocked or angered by these betrayals.

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