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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 34-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wirtanen tell the narrator that George Kraft had planned to do to him?
(a) Kidnap him from Mexico and take him to Russia.
(b) Kill him and tell the media the job was done by Israeli assassins.
(c) Leave him all his worldly possessions.
(d) Steal Resi from him.

2. The narrator is upset when he finds out that Armistice Day had been changed to . . .
(a) Memorial Day.
(b) Veterans' Day.
(c) Independence Day.
(d) Labor Day.

3. What fact does the narrator never reveal to his wife?
(a) That he was a spy.
(b) That he had cheated on her.
(c) That he was born in the United States.
(d) That he was part Jewish.

4. What does the narrator mean when he says, "alles kaput"?
(a) His reaction when he returns to his home to find it completely ransacked.
(b) His gun misfires and he knows it will never work again.
(c) When he is arrested and knows he will be turned over to Israeli agents.
(d) Wirtanen's revelation has wiped away his illusions of a friend, a mistress, and a dream.

5. How does the narrator regard the old trunk?
(a) A time capsule of life before the war.
(b) A treasure chest filled with possibilities.
(c) A coffin of the young man he would never be again.
(d) A nice place for a family of rats to set up housekeeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator get money to live on while hiding in New York?

2. According to the narrator, what is the only part of a pig that is not used at the Chicago Stockyards?

3. Where does Helga claim she located the trunk filled with many of the narrator's things?

4. To the narrator, the imaginary lines of international borders are as unreal as . . .

5. What is the "booty" that the narrator and Frank Wirtanen discuss?

(see the answer key)

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