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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 does the narrator notice about the air when he returns to the attic?
2. What is one detail of Resi's post-war life that is true?
3. What do the narrator and Resi find drawn in blue ink on his mailbox namecard?
4. How does the narrator regard the old trunk?
5. To the narrator, the imaginary lines of international borders are as unreal as . . .
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the narrator meet Werner von Braun and what detail does he recall from that meeting?
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. Describe the encounter at the mailboxes with the unnamed man with the shopping bag.
4. Describe the planned escape to Mexico. Who was involved and how?
5. Describe the encounter between Werner von Braun and the narrator when they meet in New York?
6. What is the plot of "The Goblet"?
7. 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?
8. Describe what Stepan Bodovskov does with the narrator's writings. What is the result?
9. Where does Helga say she found the collection of the narrator's works? What is the significance of this place?
10. What does the narrator suggests happened to George Kraft's pipe?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A friend of yours is considering reading Mother Night and wants your opinion. Write your friend a letter telling him or her what you think of the novel. Do you think it's a good novel or a waste of time? Discuss reasons for your opinions.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Adolf Eichmann says he plans to use the defense that he was just a soldier following orders. Discuss whether this is a sufficient defense in a war crimes hearing or trial.
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