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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Odilo Unverdorben pass through on his way south at the end of the war?
(a) Rome.
(b) Lisbon.
(c) Bologna.
(d) Salerno.

2. What does Tod Friendly do to get a new name?
(a) He speaks with someone at the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
(b) He gives a man a lot of money in his new apartment.
(c) He gets demoted at the hospital.
(d) He goes to a basement apartment where a man gives him money.

3. What is the name on the door where the narrator thinks that Tod Friendly has found an apartment?
(a) Nicholas Kreditor.
(b) Irene.
(c) John Young.
(d) Tod Friendly.

4. What is Tod Friendly's job?
(a) Police man.
(b) Garbage man.
(c) Tennis player.
(d) Doctor.

5. How does Hamilton de Souza pay the old Spanish man?
(a) French francs.
(b) Gold ingots.
(c) German deutsch marks.
(d) US dollars.

6. What color is the hospital, regardless of the season?
(a) Gray.
(b) Black.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

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

8. When Hamilton de Souza puts together the pieces of a torn picture, who does the narrator think he recognizes in the photo?
(a) Himself.
(b) His wife.
(c) His father.
(d) His child.

9. What does the narrator think Tod Friendly does in church?
(a) Reads the newspaper, ending with the large caption.
(b) Gives toys and candy to children.
(c) Leaves a large bill in the collection plate.
(d) Takes large bills from the collection plate.

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

11. What does John Young do for the man with a hole in his head?
(a) He cleans the hole and stitches it up.
(b) He puts a nail in the hole.
(c) He gets the man help.
(d) He gives the man a lot of money.

12. How does the narrator learn that a woman wants to sleep with John Young?
(a) She would agree to go out to dinner.
(b) She would tell him that she loves him.
(c) She would call John a bad name.
(d) She would talk out on him.

13. In the narrator's experience, where is Tod Friendly when he begins to touch himself?
(a) At home.
(b) In the supermarket.
(c) In the hospital.
(d) At the tennis court.

14. What does the woman say after John Young bursts into her apartment after taking off all his clothes?
(a) "You don't want to know."
(b) "I love you."
(c) "You jerk!"
(d) "My husband."

15. What does the narrator think Tod Friendly would do at the food store?
(a) Shave and shower.
(b) Buy food with coupons.
(c) Return his food and get money for it.
(d) Buy food with his money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tod Friendly dream about repeatedly?

2. How does the narrator feel about John Young's experience in the hospital?

3. What does Tod Friendly tell Irene when she asks him about his secret?

4. What are conditions like in Italy when (in the narrator's experience) Hamilton de Souza lands there?

5. How do people speak in the narrator's experience?

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