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

2. In what condition is John Young's body when he sails for Europe?
(a) He is healthy with a good tan.
(b) He is fat and out of shape from living in luxury.
(c) He is thin from living in poverty.
(d) He is sick with apprehension about the voyage.

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

4. How does the narrator feel at the beginning of the book?
(a) Old and full of fear.
(b) Strong and young.
(c) He has an ankle pain.
(d) Completely paralyzed.

5. From whom does Tod Friendly get a letter every year?
(a) A realtor.
(b) Reverend Nicholas Kreditor.
(c) A doctor from AMS.
(d) Irene.

6. 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.

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

8. What happens when the narrator has a moment of lucidity?
(a) John Young rubs glass and blood all over a man.
(b) John Young throws up in the toilet before spending all night in bar after bar.
(c) John Young is crushing a child's hips, and the child crawls forward.
(d) John Young sleeps with Irene.

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

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

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

12. How does Tod Friendly walk in the door to his house after he leaves the hospital?
(a) He limps because of the pain in his ankle.
(b) He walks in backwards.
(c) He walks in sideways.
(d) He has to climb over some rubble.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator think that John Young begins his affairs?

2. What does John Young do for the man with a hole in his head?

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

4. Where would John Young have his amorous encounters with women?

5. How does the narrator feel about doctors?

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