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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: Multiply Zero By Zero And You Still Get Zero.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the narrator has a moment of lucidity?
(a) John Young is crushing a child's hips, and the child crawls forward.
(b) John Young sleeps with Irene.
(c) John Young rubs glass and blood all over a man.
(d) John Young throws up in the toilet before spending all night in bar after bar.

2. What happens to Tod Friendly's body over time?
(a) He gets older and more infirm.
(b) He spends more and more time in the bathroom.
(c) He spends less and less time masturbating.
(d) He gets younger, stronger, and more virile.

3. What is Tod Friendly's car perched against when the narrator sees the policeman put Tod in his car?
(a) A boulder.
(b) Another car.
(c) A building.
(d) A fire hydrant.

4. What is the name on the door where the narrator thinks that Tod Friendly has found an apartment?
(a) Tod Friendly.
(b) Irene.
(c) Nicholas Kreditor.
(d) John Young.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When would John Young's affairs typically begin?

2. How many Hungarian Jews are at Auschwitz when Herta visits?

3. What does Tod Friendly tell Irene when she asks him about his secret?

4. How does the narrator feel about Uncle Pepi?

5. Where does the narrator go when he leaves the hospital?

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