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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 do the other doctors feel about John Young?
(a) They admire his virility.
(b) They are inspired by him.
(c) They are disgusted by him.
(d) They distrust him.

2. How does the narrator feel about watching medical practices?
(a) Calm and confident.
(b) Curious.
(c) Disgusted.
(d) Squeamish.

3. What kind of sense of humor does the narrator believe John Young has?
(a) Slapstick.
(b) Vicious.
(c) Sentimental.
(d) Sarcastic.

4. Where does John Young land when he reaches Europe?
(a) Salerno.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Lisbon.
(d) London.

5. What does Irene do after she stops loving John Young?
(a) Calls him a bad name and leave.
(b) Asks for forgiveness.
(c) Cleans his house twice a week.
(d) Has an abortion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator believe food comes from?

2. What sport does Tod Friendly take up?

3. Where does Odilo Unverdorben pass through on his way south at the end of the war?

4. Where does Tod Friendly live in the beginning of the book?

5. How does the narrator feel about what John Young does for a living?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does the narrator understand language?

10. Is there any place where the narrator's understanding is more accurate than Tod Friendly's?

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