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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 many servants does Hamilton de Souza have in the villa north of Redondo?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

2. How does the narrator feel about John Young's departure from New York?
(a) He envies his escape from the hospital.
(b) He is glad that they could escape together.
(c) He is proud of the work John Young did there.
(d) He resents John Young's virility.

3. What does the narrator think always happens to the attraction Tod Friendly feels for women?
(a) It gets stronger until Tod Friendly asks them to sleep over.
(b) It gets stronger until they find out about his past.
(c) It fades away in time.
(d) It never gets strong enough that he speaks to them.

4. What does Tod Friendly tell Irene when she asks him about his secret?
(a) "You don't want to know."
(b) "I'll tell you as soon as we get married."
(c) "It's none of your business."
(d) "One day I'll tell you."

5. How does the narrator feel about what John Young does for a living?
(a) He resents his expertise.
(b) He admires his kindness.
(c) He is inspired by him.
(d) He hates his cruelty.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Tod Friendly think the orderlies did to him at the accident scene?

4. In the narrator's experience, what happens to cause "the Agent's" staff to become cold and distant?

5. How many forward gears does the narrator think Tod Friendly's car has?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe some cases in which characters are wistful about the past.

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

3. What are some of the terms the narrator coins in order to make things make sense?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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