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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator knows that his life would end when?
(a) When John Young commits suicide.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) At Auschwitz.
(d) At birth.

2. When does the narrator feel that he and Tod Friendly have things in common?
(a) When Tod Friendly is taking money from prostitutes.
(b) When Tod Friendly is talking to Irene.
(c) When Tod Friendly is looking at women.
(d) When Tod Friendly is dreaming about a person in a lab coat.

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

4. Who is the narrator?
(a) One of the doctors surrounding Tod Friendly at the beginning of the book.
(b) The doctor who was Tod Friendly's mentor.
(c) A character from Tod Friendly's past.
(d) A voice in Tod Friendly's head.

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

7. How does the narrator know that Tod Friendly speaks a second language?
(a) Tod understands when the doctors speak to him.
(b) Tod dreams of it sometimes.
(c) Tod tells him.
(d) Tod reads the foreign newspapers.

8. What is Tod Friendly's job?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Police man.
(c) Tennis player.
(d) Garbage man.

9. What sport does Tod Friendly take up?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Tennis

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

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

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

13. How does the narrator feel about eating?
(a) He is afraid of his food.
(b) He is always hungry.
(c) He is disgusted.
(d) It fills him with pain.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does John Young tell the Reverend Kreditor when they meet?

3. Where does the narrator believe the weather is always good?

4. When would John Young's affairs typically begin?

5. How does the narrator feel at the beginning of the book?

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