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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 describes Odilo Unverdorben's sex life with his wife while he is working for the Waffen Secret Service?
(a) He is impotent.
(b) He sleeps with prostitutes, not with his wife.
(c) They only make love when they think she might conceive a baby.
(d) They make love all the time.

2. When does Hamilton de Souza cease to talk, in the narrator's experience?
(a) When he sails for Europe.
(b) When he meets with Father Duryea in the Vatican.
(c) When he sails for Salerno, Italy.
(d) When he takes the name Hamilton de Souza.

3. Where does the narrator think that Tod Friendly finds love letters?
(a) At his job.
(b) In the mail box.
(c) In the trash.
(d) In the old house.

4. On which front does Odilo Unverdorben serve in the Waffen Secret Service?
(a) Northern front.
(b) Eastern front.
(c) Southern front.
(d) Western front.

5. What does Irene do after she stops loving John Young?
(a) Asks for forgiveness.
(b) Calls him a bad name and leave.
(c) Has an abortion.
(d) Cleans his house twice a week.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do people speak in the narrator's experience?

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

3. What does Uncle Pepi keep in a box on his desk?

4. How does the narrator think that John Young begins his affairs?

5. What is the name of Odilo Unverdorben's wife?

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