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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 false name does George Kraft suggest for the narrator?

2. After the raid and being released from arrest, with whom does the narrator have a conversation as he is entering his building?

3. What does the G-man tell George Kraft to be sure to take with him to prison?

4. What interesting fact does Frank Wirtanen tell the narrator about the people who fed him information for the radio broadcasts?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the appearance of the Iron Guardsmen.

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

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

5. Describe the encounter at the mailboxes with the unnamed man with the shopping bag.

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

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

8. Where does Helga say she found the collection of the narrator's works? What is the significance of this place?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider Howard and Helga's "Nation of Two." Is such a concept a good idea for a couple, a family, or even a single person? Discuss pros and cons of small groups or individuals considering themselves to be their own nation.

Essay Topic 2

The novel seems to present most Nazis as being sane and rational, but presents the members and friends of Lionel Jones' hate group as being irrational and paranoid. Discuss why members of the two groups receive different treatment in the novel. Be sure to consider the narrator's role in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Consider the role ethics plays in the lives of the characters during and after the war. Do many of the characters behave ethically? Be sure to cite examples of situations where a character's behavior may have been different if he or she had been in a different situation.

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