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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Because I Am A Healer, Everything I Do Heals.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the old man tell Tod Friendly after the narrator sees Tod drive his car away from the fire hydrant?
(a) "I know you from somewhere."
(b) "I need a prescription for pain."
(c) "Your driving days are over."
(d) "It is your turn to discard."

2. What does Tod Friendly do when he shaves?
(a) He reads the morning paper.
(b) He refuses to look at himself in the mirror.
(c) He talks to himself about his dreams.
(d) He does not shave; he is shaved by the hospital orderlies.

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

4. How does the narrator feel about doctors?
(a) He pretends not to know them.
(b) He recognizes them from Auschwitz.
(c) He loves them.
(d) He hates them.

5. What does John Young tell the Reverend Kreditor when they meet?
(a) He describes his work at the hospital.
(b) He says that good weather is coming.
(c) He wants to help people.
(d) He says that the weather is good in Munich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator see upon waking at the beginning of the book?

2. What does the narrator wish he could say to Irene?

3. What does the narrator describe as an "atrocity-producing" situation?

4. How does the narrator feel at the beginning of the book?

5. What happens when the narrator has a moment of lucidity?

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