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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Irene saying the first time the narrator hears her voice?
(a) She is telling Tod Friendly she loves him.
(b) She is telling Tod Friendly goodbye.
(c) She is telling Tod Friendly that she knows about his affairs with other women.
(d) She is telling Tod Friendly that she knows his true identity.

4. How often does John Young work out?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) Never.
(c) Rarely.
(d) Frequently.

5. How does the narrator feel about what John Young does for a living?
(a) He resents his expertise.
(b) He admires his kindness.
(c) He is inspired by him.
(d) He hates his cruelty.

6. When could John Young see stars in the city for first time?
(a) After there started to be more and more cars on the roads.
(b) After his black and white TV was replaced with a color TV.
(c) After industry had been increasing for some time.
(d) After cell phones disappeared from people's lives.

7. Why are the people on the ship to America happy?
(a) They are looking forward to making a new start in Europe.
(b) They are going off to fight in the war.
(c) They are fleeing the war-torn continent.
(d) They are anxious to get away from the troubles in America.

8. What does Tod Friendly do when he shaves?
(a) He talks to himself about his dreams.
(b) He reads the morning paper.
(c) He refuses to look at himself in the mirror.
(d) He does not shave; he is shaved by the hospital orderlies.

9. Where does Hamilton de Souza keep his gold when he travels to Salerno, Italy?
(a) Under his hat.
(b) Underneath his shirt.
(c) In his luggage.
(d) In his shoes.

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

11. 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."

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

13. How do people speak in the narrator's experience?
(a) In code.
(b) In gibberish.
(c) Backwards.
(d) In languages the narrator does not understand.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man in the basement apartment say when John Young says, "You were expecting me, my name is John Young"?

2. What does the old man tell Tod Friendly after the narrator sees Tod drive his car away from the fire hydrant?

3. When Hamilton de Souza puts together the pieces of a torn picture, who does the narrator think he recognizes in the photo?

4. Where does the narrator believe food comes from?

5. How does Hamilton de Souza pay the old Spanish man?

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