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

2. What seems to the narrator to make more sense backwards?
(a) Eating.
(b) Sex.
(c) Using the bathroom.
(d) Male/female conversations.

3. Why is the narrator shocked when Irene comes to the house?
(a) She is being beaten up by a pimp.
(b) She is crying because the garden was in disrepair.
(c) She walks forward toward the house.
(d) She tells Tod Friendly that she is in love with him.

4. Who is the president of the United States at the beginning of the book?
(a) Ronald Reagan.
(b) Lyndon Johnson.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Gerald Ford.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tod Friendly see when he looks in the mirror?

2. How often does "the Agent" visit Hamilton de Souza/John Young?

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

4. What can the narrator control?

5. What does Irene do after she stops loving John Young?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator understand language?

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

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

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

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

6. Describe Reverend Nicholas Kreditor's appearance.

7. What condition is Europe in when Odilo Unverdorben leaves?

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

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

10. Describe the underground system for taking care of Nazis.

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