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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. With whom does Hamilton de Souza meet at the Vatican?
(a) Odilo Unverdorben.
(b) Reverend Nicholas Kreditor.
(c) "The Agent."
(d) Father Duryea.

2. When does John Young sail for Europe?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1948.

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

4. Where would Odilo Unverdorben stay in Italy?
(a) In guest houses.
(b) In expensive hotels.
(c) In churches.
(d) In secluded farms.

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. Where does Tod Friendly work after (in the narrator's experience) he is demoted?

2. From whom does Tod Friendly get a letter every year?

3. Who is the president of the United States at the beginning of the book?

4. In the narrator's experience, what happens to cause "the Agent's" staff to become cold and distant?

5. What kind of sense of humor does the narrator believe John Young has?

(see the answer key)

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