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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the old man tell Tod Friendly after the narrator sees Tod drive his car away from the fire hydrant?
(a) "I need a prescription for pain."
(b) "I know you from somewhere."
(c) "It is your turn to discard."
(d) "Your driving days are over."

2. Who delivers the tabloids every morning?
(a) The orderlies.
(b) Tod Friendly.
(c) The garbage man.
(d) The paper boy.

3. How does the narrator believe people are treated at crisis centers?
(a) Tod Friendly would heal them by operating on them.
(b) People are asked questions about how satisfied they are with their care.
(c) Pimps would heal women with their fists.
(d) Mothers would arrive kicking and screaming but leave rested and happier.

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

5. What does the Immigration and Naturalization Service threaten to do?
(a) Prosecute John Young for atrocities.
(b) Revoke John Young's citizenship.
(c) Charge John Young with adultery.
(d) Revoke John Young's medical license.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about John Young's experience in the hospital?

2. In what condition is John Young's body when he sails for Europe?

3. How does the narrator feel about eating?

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

5. What does the narrator think always happens to the attraction Tod Friendly feels for women?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Tod Friendly/John Young seem to be a good person?

2. How does Tod feel about his physical body in the first chapter?

3. Can the reader sympathize with the narrator's sense of horror at John Young's work?

4. Describe John Young's departure from Europe.

5. When is Tod Friendly/John Young happy?

6. How does the narrator feel about John Young's work?

7. Why does Tod Friendly enjoy being part of a crowd?

8. What habits does Tod Friendly pick up over the course of the first chapter?

9. What is the key to substance for the narrator?

10. What does the narrator think about Tod Friendly's dreams and memories?

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