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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: Because Ducks Are Fat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John Young do for the man with a hole in his head?
(a) He puts a nail in the hole.
(b) He cleans the hole and stitches it up.
(c) He gives the man a lot of money.
(d) He gets the man help.

2. What token does Herta give to Odilo Unverdorben while they are courting?
(a) A ring.
(b) A lock of her hair.
(c) A box for her letters.
(d) A locket with her portrait.

3. How are women and children processed at Auschwitz?
(a) With gas and fire.
(b) With electricity and feces.
(c) With hard labor.
(d) With supernatural power.

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

5. Who is the president of the United States at the beginning of the book?
(a) Ronald Reagan.
(b) Lyndon Johnson.
(c) Gerald Ford.
(d) Richard Nixon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does the station clock read at Treblinka when Odilo Unverdorben sees it?

2. What kind of irony does the author use by letting the narrator know things none of the other characters knows?

3. Where does Tod Friendly live in the beginning of the book?

4. How does the narrator think Odilo Unverdorben feels about Jews when he is in medical school?

5. Who is the narrator thinking about when John Young is sailing to Europe?

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