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

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

3. What does the narrator see upon waking at the beginning of the book?
(a) Corpses all around.
(b) Doctors all around.
(c) Main Street, USA.
(d) His house.

4. What does Tod Friendly tell Irene when she asks him about his secret?
(a) "It's none of your business."
(b) "One day I'll tell you."
(c) "You don't want to know."
(d) "I'll tell you as soon as we get married."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does John Young date?

2. What does the narrator think men would give Odilo Unverdorben when he stays at their farms?

3. The narrator knows that his life would end when?

4. Where does the taxi cab take John Young after his night of drinking?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Tod Friendly/John Young/Hamilton de Souza/Odilo Unverdorben's name changes tell us about his character?

3. What are some of the terms the narrator coins in order to make things make sense?

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

5. Describe some cases in which characters are wistful about the past.

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

7. How does John Young/Hamilton de Souza feel about his body?

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

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

10. Describe Reverend Nicholas Kreditor's appearance.

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