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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 old is John Young when he sails for Europe?
(a) 31.
(b) 21.
(c) 78.
(d) 45.

2. How does the narrator feel about doctors?
(a) He hates them.
(b) He pretends not to know them.
(c) He loves them.
(d) He recognizes them from Auschwitz.

3. What term does the narrator coin to describe the act of eating?
(a) "Feasting."
(b) "Celebration of food."
(c) "Vomitorium."
(d) "Going to the restaurant."

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

5. How does the narrator feel about John Young's experience in the hospital?
(a) Proud.
(b) Inspired.
(c) Traumatized.
(d) Indifferent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator know that Tod Friendly speaks a second language?

2. What can the narrator control?

3. What seems to the narrator to make more sense backwards?

4. Why is the narrator shocked when Irene comes to the house?

5. When could John Young see stars in the city for first time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When is Tod Friendly/John Young happy?

3. Describe John Young's departure from Europe.

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

5. What does the narrator understand about sex?

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

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

8. What is the narrator's relationship with Irene?

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

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

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