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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. When does the narrator feel that he and Tod Friendly have things in common?
(a) When Tod Friendly is taking money from prostitutes.
(b) When Tod Friendly is dreaming about a person in a lab coat.
(c) When Tod Friendly is talking to Irene.
(d) When Tod Friendly is looking at women.

2. In the narrator's experience, what happens to cause "the Agent's" staff to become cold and distant?
(a) John Young sailed for Europe.
(b) Hamilton de Souza met with Father Duryea.
(c) The German surrender.
(d) The Japanese surrender.

3. Which war does Tod Friendly protest?
(a) The Cold War.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) The Korean War.

4. With whom does Hamilton de Souza meet at the Vatican?
(a) Odilo Unverdorben.
(b) Father Duryea.
(c) "The Agent."
(d) Reverend Nicholas Kreditor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about doctors?

2. What does the narrator describe as an "atrocity-producing" situation?

3. What term does the narrator coin to describe the act of eating?

4. Who is the narrator thinking about when John Young is sailing to Europe?

5. Where does Tod Friendly work after (in the narrator's experience) he is demoted?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the narrator feel about the change from America to Europe?

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

4. Describe John Young's departure from Europe.

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

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

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

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

9. How does the narrator understand language?

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

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