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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many forward gears does the narrator think Tod Friendly's car has?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

4. What does John Young tell the Reverend Kreditor when they meet?
(a) He wants to help people.
(b) He says that good weather is coming.
(c) He describes his work at the hospital.
(d) He says that the weather is good in Munich.

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

6. What happens to Tod Friendly's body over time?
(a) He spends less and less time masturbating.
(b) He gets younger, stronger, and more virile.
(c) He spends more and more time in the bathroom.
(d) He gets older and more infirm.

7. Where would John Young perform abortions on women?
(a) At the Imperial Hotel.
(b) In the basement apartment.
(c) In the pediatric ward.
(d) At their homes.

8. What color is the hospital, regardless of the season?
(a) Green.
(b) Black.
(c) Gray.
(d) Yellow.

9. What does Tod Friendly dream about repeatedly?
(a) Irene.
(b) Trains.
(c) Car crashes.
(d) Babies.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What is Tod Friendly's car perched against when the narrator sees the policeman put Tod in his car?
(a) A fire hydrant.
(b) Another car.
(c) A boulder.
(d) A building.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tod Friendly's job?

2. What are conditions like in Italy when (in the narrator's experience) Hamilton de Souza lands there?

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

4. Who is the narrator?

5. With whom does John Young meet before his voyage to Europe?

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