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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. What does Tod Friendly tell Irene when she asks him about his secret?
(a) "You don't want to know."
(b) "I'll tell you as soon as we get married."
(c) "One day I'll tell you."
(d) "It's none of your business."

2. Where does the narrator think that Tod Friendly finds love letters?
(a) In the mail box.
(b) In the trash.
(c) At his job.
(d) In the old house.

3. How many Hungarian Jews are at Auschwitz when Herta visits?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 1,000.

4. Which answer describes Odilo Unverdorben's German at the end of his time at Auschwitz?
(a) Grammatically flawed.
(b) Surprisingly accurate.
(c) Faltering and inaccurate.
(d) Moderately fluent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator?

2. What is Odilo Unverdorben's reasoning for visiting prostitutes?

3. What does the old man tell Tod Friendly after the narrator sees Tod drive his car away from the fire hydrant?

4. What is Tod Friendly's job?

5. How does the narrator learn to make sense of what people say?

(see the answer key)

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