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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Tod Friendly see when he looks in the mirror?
(a) The face of a mental patient.
(b) A corpse's face.
(c) An old face full of fear.
(d) A young face full of optimism.

3. Which war does Tod Friendly protest?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) The Cold War.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Vietnam War.

4. When would John Young's affairs typically begin?
(a) After he helps people at the hospital.
(b) After his lovers are beaten by their husbands.
(c) A few months after he performs an abortion for his girlfriend.
(d) A few months before he performs an abortion for his girlfriend.

5. Where does the narrator get his mail from?
(a) The supermarket.
(b) The hospital.
(c) The mailbox.
(d) The fire.

6. In the narrator's experience, where is Tod Friendly when he begins to touch himself?
(a) In the supermarket.
(b) At home.
(c) In the hospital.
(d) At the tennis court.

7. Where does Tod Friendly live in the beginning of the book?
(a) Auschwitz.
(b) Main Street USA.
(c) The hospital.
(d) Munich.

8. What does the man in the basement apartment say when John Young says, "You were expecting me, my name is John Young"?
(a) "The weather is getting better, isn't it?"
(b) "I've been expecting you."
(c) "Tod Friendly."
(d) "Do you have the money?"

9. What does the woman say after John Young bursts into her apartment after taking off all his clothes?
(a) "My husband."
(b) "I love you."
(c) "You don't want to know."
(d) "You jerk!"

10. What does the Immigration and Naturalization Service threaten to do?
(a) Revoke John Young's medical license.
(b) Prosecute John Young for atrocities.
(c) Charge John Young with adultery.
(d) Revoke John Young's citizenship.

11. What does Tod Friendly tell Irene when she asks him about his secret?
(a) "You don't want to know."
(b) "I'll tell you as soon as we get married."
(c) "One day I'll tell you."
(d) "It's none of your business."

12. Why is the narrator shocked when Irene comes to the house?
(a) She is being beaten up by a pimp.
(b) She walks forward toward the house.
(c) She tells Tod Friendly that she is in love with him.
(d) She is crying because the garden was in disrepair.

13. What does Irene do after she stops loving John Young?
(a) Calls him a bad name and leave.
(b) Asks for forgiveness.
(c) Has an abortion.
(d) Cleans his house twice a week.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tod Friendly walk in the door to his house after he leaves the hospital?

2. When does Hamilton de Souza cease to talk, in the narrator's experience?

3. What does the narrator see upon waking at the beginning of the book?

4. Where does Hamilton de Souza keep his gold when he travels to Salerno, Italy?

5. Where would John Young perform abortions on women?

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