1. What does the grandmother say when the young boy asks when God dies?
(a) God dies in all of us.
(b) God does not die.
(c) God has already died.
(d) God will send his Son to die for us.

2. What is the nurse's response?
(a) She will give him a shot against his dreams.
(b) That is very sweet.
(c) His grandmother will help him heal.
(d) He is very sweet to think of her.

3. What causes him to think about his grandmother in this way?
(a) The darkness of his room.
(b) When the doctor tells him he is thirsty due a fever from an infection.
(c) He believes he will die soon.
(d) The small closet by his bed.

4. By what is he troubled?
(a) Kathleen's ability to forget her first date.
(b) This first date with Kathleen.
(c) The concept of death.
(d) Ditching his friends.

5. What happens between Kathleen and the protagonist?
(a) An argument.
(b) A misunderstanding.
(c) Love at first sight.
(d) An instant recognition.

Short Answer Questions

1. The main character is _______________ whose own experiences during the holocaust have left him, like many others, with a strong sense of despair and self-loathing.

2. Why does he feel this way when he eats the hamburger?

3. What is he unable to explain to his father about the stolen money?

4. What is this woman doing?

5. What happens after he asks the doctor to show her in?

(see the answer key)

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