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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. 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.

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

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

4. How does the narrator learn to make sense of what people say?
(a) He reverses their words.
(b) He translates their words from another language.
(c) He reads their lips.
(d) He deciphers the code in which people speak.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the hospital, regardless of the season?

2. What does Tod Friendly tell Irene when she asks him about his secret?

3. When does the narrator begin to feel that the world is going to start making sense very soon?

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

5. In the narrator's experience, what happens to cause "the Agent's" staff to become cold and distant?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the narrator understand about sex?

3. Describe how the narrator feels about Tod Friendly's work?

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

5. What is Tod's relationship with the narrator?

6. How does the narrator experience Tod's kindness to children?

7. How does John Young's relationship with Irene progress?

8. How does the narrator experience Tod's relationship with food?

9. What happens when the Reverend Kreditor talks to John Young about stormy weather?

10. Describe the narrator's mindset at the beginning of the novel.

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