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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. How does the narrator feel at the beginning of the book?
(a) Strong and young.
(b) Completely paralyzed.
(c) He has an ankle pain.
(d) Old and full of fear.

2. How does the narrator learn to make sense of what people say?
(a) He translates their words from another language.
(b) He deciphers the code in which people speak.
(c) He reads their lips.
(d) He reverses their words.

3. What does the narrator think when he sees the rail station at Treblinka?
(a) He thinks it is a centerpiece of the Final Solution.
(b) He thinks it is a progressive medical facility.
(c) He thinks it is a movie set.
(d) He thinks it is a fake to deceive the Polish Jews.

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

5. How often does John Young work out?
(a) Rarely.
(b) Never.
(c) Sometimes.
(d) Frequently.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tod Friendly do to get a new name?

2. How does Hamilton de Souza pay the old Spanish man?

3. What does the narrator think Tod Friendly does in church?

4. How many servants does Hamilton de Souza have in the villa north of Redondo?

5. What does the narrator think men would give Odilo Unverdorben when he stays at their farms?

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