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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. In the narrator's experience, what happens to cause "the Agent's" staff to become cold and distant?
(a) The Japanese surrender.
(b) Hamilton de Souza met with Father Duryea.
(c) The German surrender.
(d) John Young sailed for Europe.

2. How does Odilo Unverdorben's assignment to Shless-Hartheim appear to the narrator?
(a) The narrator sees it as a sign that the war was ending.
(b) The narrator misses the magic of Auschwitz.
(c) The narrator sees it as a promotion.
(d) The narrator wants to escape from the camps altogether.

3. Where would John Young have his amorous encounters with women?
(a) In a basement apartment.
(b) In the hospital elevator.
(c) In the examining rooms at the hospital.
(d) In the laundry room at the hospital.

4. What does the narrator think always happens to the attraction Tod Friendly feels for women?
(a) It never gets strong enough that he speaks to them.
(b) It fades away in time.
(c) It gets stronger until Tod Friendly asks them to sleep over.
(d) It gets stronger until they find out about his past.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Herta when Odilo Unverdorben meets her?

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

3. What is the name of Odilo Unverdorben's baby?

4. What does Tod Friendly do when he shaves?

5. What is Tod Friendly's car perched against when the narrator sees the policeman put Tod in his car?

(see the answer key)

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