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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. When does John Young sail for Europe?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1917.

2. What is the name of Odilo Unverdorben's wife?
(a) Marta.
(b) Herta.
(c) Inge.
(d) Irene.

3. What is Irene saying the first time the narrator hears her voice?
(a) She is telling Tod Friendly that she knows his true identity.
(b) She is telling Tod Friendly that she knows about his affairs with other women.
(c) She is telling Tod Friendly she loves him.
(d) She is telling Tod Friendly goodbye.

4. What does the narrator think is happening to Odilo Unverdorben as time goes on?
(a) He is getting forgetful in his old age.
(b) He is redeeming himself for his evil deeds.
(c) He is learning from his experience and becoming wise.
(d) He is becoming a less and less important person.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How successful does the narrator think Uncle Pepi's experiments are?

2. What does the Immigration and Naturalization Service threaten to do?

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

4. How does the narrator feel at the beginning of the book?

5. How often does Odilo Unverdorben spend time with Herta at Schless-Hartheim?

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