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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Here There Is No Why.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about John Young's departure from New York?
(a) He resents John Young's virility.
(b) He envies his escape from the hospital.
(c) He is proud of the work John Young did there.
(d) He is glad that they could escape together.

2. How successful does the narrator think Uncle Pepi's experiments are?
(a) 10%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 100%.
(d) 75%.

3. How does the narrator learn to make sense of what people say?
(a) He reverses their words.
(b) He deciphers the code in which people speak.
(c) He translates their words from another language.
(d) He reads their lips.

4. Who withdraws the Zyklon B pellets to give them to the pharmacist?
(a) Odilo Unverdorben.
(b) The patients.
(c) Uncle Pepi.
(d) Reverend Nicholas Kreditor.

5. Where does the taxi cab take John Young after his night of drinking?
(a) To the Imperial Hotel.
(b) To the hospital.
(c) To his house.
(d) To the basement apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tod Friendly tell Irene when she asks him about his secret?

2. Who is the narrator?

3. What sport does Tod Friendly take up?

4. What does the narrator think the showers are for at Auschwitz?

5. Where does the narrator think that Tod Friendly finds Irene's love letters?

(see the answer key)

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