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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. Where does Hamilton de Souza keep his gold when he travels to Salerno, Italy?
(a) Underneath his shirt.
(b) In his luggage.
(c) In his shoes.
(d) Under his hat.

2. What does the narrator describe as an "atrocity-producing" situation?
(a) The possibility of nuclear war.
(b) JFK's hero's welcome in Dallas.
(c) The hospital.
(d) The city.

3. How does the narrator feel about watching medical practices?
(a) Curious.
(b) Calm and confident.
(c) Squeamish.
(d) Disgusted.

4. What does the narrator see upon waking at the beginning of the book?
(a) Main Street, USA.
(b) His house.
(c) Doctors all around.
(d) Corpses all around.

5. Where do the bodies come from that the narrator thinks are rejuvenated in the back of the vans?
(a) Mass graves.
(b) Cemeteries.
(c) Ovens.
(d) Ghettos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think about Auschwitz now that he is seeing it again in Odilo Unverdorben's youth?

2. Which war does Tod Friendly protest?

3. When does the narrator feel that he and Tod Friendly have things in common?

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

5. What does the narrator think Odilo Unverdorben's mother will do when Odilo returns into her body?

(see the answer key)

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