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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 do Odilo Unverdorben and Herta discuss while she is pregnant?
(a) Performing experiments with the Nazis.
(b) Running away to America.
(c) Moving in with her parents.
(d) Baby names.

2. What kind of women does John Young prefer?
(a) Women who smoke and drink.
(b) Women with husbands.
(c) Women with diseases.
(d) Women with children.

3. In what condition is John Young's body when he sails for Europe?
(a) He is thin from living in poverty.
(b) He is fat and out of shape from living in luxury.
(c) He is sick with apprehension about the voyage.
(d) He is healthy with a good tan.

4. When does the narrator begin to feel that the world is going to start making sense very soon?
(a) When he stays at farms in Italy where men pay him in gold.
(b) When he meets with Reverend Nicholas Kreditor.
(c) When he meets with the Agent.
(d) When he sails from New York to Lisbon.

5. When Hamilton de Souza puts together the pieces of a torn picture, who does the narrator think he recognizes in the photo?
(a) Himself.
(b) His child.
(c) His father.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many forward gears does the narrator think Tod Friendly's car has?

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

3. What is Irene saying the first time the narrator hears her voice?

4. What does the narrator think always happens to the attraction Tod Friendly feels for women?

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

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