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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: You Do What You Do Best, Not What's Best To Do.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator describe as an "atrocity-producing" situation?
(a) JFK's hero's welcome in Dallas.
(b) The hospital.
(c) The possibility of nuclear war.
(d) The city.

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

3. What does Tod Friendly think the orderlies did to him at the accident scene?
(a) Shaved him.
(b) Kissed him.
(c) Took him to the hospital.
(d) Stole his money.

4. Why is the narrator shocked when Irene comes to the house?
(a) She is being beaten up by a pimp.
(b) She is crying because the garden was in disrepair.
(c) She walks forward toward the house.
(d) She tells Tod Friendly that she is in love with him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does John Young work out?

2. Where does the narrator believe the weather is always good?

3. How does the narrator feel about what John Young does for a living?

4. How does the narrator learn that a woman wants to sleep with John Young?

5. How old is John Young when he sails for Europe?

(see the answer key)

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