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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 the narrator think that the Waffen Secret Service gets the ashes with which to make people?
(a) From the earth.
(b) From people's families.
(c) From the ovens at Auschwitz.
(d) From Poland.

2. What kind of irony does the author use by letting the narrator know things none of the other characters knows?
(a) Comic irony.
(b) Cosmic irony.
(c) Dramatic irony.
(d) Tragic irony.

3. Where does Tod Friendly meet many of his girlfriends?
(a) In the hospital.
(b) In the park.
(c) On the street.
(d) At work.

4. Where does John Young land when he reaches Europe?
(a) London.
(b) Salerno.
(c) Lisbon.
(d) Amsterdam.

5. How old is John Young when he sails for Europe?
(a) 78.
(b) 31.
(c) 45.
(d) 21.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which war does Tod Friendly protest?

2. What does Tod Friendly tell Irene when she asks him about his secret?

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

4. How does the narrator feel about Irene?

5. What does the narrator think is happening to Odilo Unverdorben as time goes on?

(see the answer key)

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