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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. Who delivers the tabloids every morning?
(a) The orderlies.
(b) The garbage man.
(c) The paper boy.
(d) Tod Friendly.

2. What term does the narrator coin to describe the act of eating?
(a) "Feasting."
(b) "Going to the restaurant."
(c) "Celebration of food."
(d) "Vomitorium."

3. What is Irene saying the first time the narrator hears her voice?
(a) She is telling Tod Friendly that she knows about his affairs with other women.
(b) She is telling Tod Friendly she loves him.
(c) She is telling Tod Friendly goodbye.
(d) She is telling Tod Friendly that she knows his true identity.

4. What does the narrator think always happens to the attraction Tod Friendly feels for women?
(a) It gets stronger until they find out about his past.
(b) It gets stronger until Tod Friendly asks them to sleep over.
(c) It never gets strong enough that he speaks to them.
(d) It fades away in time.

5. What does the woman say after John Young bursts into her apartment after taking off all his clothes?
(a) "You jerk!"
(b) "My husband."
(c) "I love you."
(d) "You don't want to know."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator look forward to in Odilo Unverdorben's work at Auschwitz?

2. How does the narrator feel about John Young's departure from New York?

3. How does the narrator think that John Young begins his affairs?

4. Where does Hamilton de Souza keep his gold when he travels to Salerno, Italy?

5. What does Odilo Unverdorben's wife think about the work Odilo is doing at the camp?

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