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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Tod Friendly think the orderlies did to him at the accident scene?
(a) Stole his money.
(b) Shaved him.
(c) Took him to the hospital.
(d) Kissed him.

3. Where does the narrator go when he leaves the hospital?
(a) To the tennis court, where he plays tennis.
(b) Doctors take him to Auschwitz, where he is killed.
(c) Orderlies take him on a stretcher and put him on the ground.
(d) He goes home to Main Street USA.

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

5. How does the narrator think that John Young begins his affairs?
(a) By treating women in the hospital.
(b) By implanting a miniature baby in his girlfriends.
(c) By performing abortions for women.
(d) By taking a nurse out to dinner.

6. Where does the narrator believe the weather is always good?
(a) Auschwitz.
(b) New York.
(c) Main Street, USA.
(d) Munich.

7. How do the other doctors feel about John Young?
(a) They admire his virility.
(b) They are disgusted by him.
(c) They are inspired by him.
(d) They distrust him.

8. How many servants does Hamilton de Souza have in the villa north of Redondo?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

9. What does the narrator see upon waking at the beginning of the book?
(a) Main Street, USA.
(b) His house.
(c) Doctors all around.
(d) Corpses all around.

10. What term does the narrator coin to describe the act of eating?
(a) "Celebration of food."
(b) "Vomitorium."
(c) "Feasting."
(d) "Going to the restaurant."

11. With whom does Hamilton de Souza meet at the Vatican?
(a) Father Duryea.
(b) "The Agent."
(c) Reverend Nicholas Kreditor.
(d) Odilo Unverdorben.

12. What does the narrator think Tod Friendly does in church?
(a) Takes large bills from the collection plate.
(b) Reads the newspaper, ending with the large caption.
(c) Gives toys and candy to children.
(d) Leaves a large bill in the collection plate.

13. How does the narrator feel about John Young's departure from New York?
(a) He is glad that they could escape together.
(b) He envies his escape from the hospital.
(c) He is proud of the work John Young did there.
(d) He resents John Young's virility.

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

15. Where does Tod Friendly work after (in the narrator's experience) he is demoted?
(a) Cafeteria duty.
(b) Guard duty.
(c) Garbage detail.
(d) Real estate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the president of the United States at the beginning of the book?

2. How does the narrator feel about eating?

3. What happens when the narrator has a moment of lucidity?

4. How does the narrator believe people are treated at crisis centers?

5. Where does the taxi cab take John Young after his night of drinking?

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