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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does he begin to tell the stranger?
(a) He does not want to dance.
(b) The story of his life.
(c) He does not want to talk.
(d) He wants to jump in the water.

3. In the first section of the novel, where is the protagonist with his girlfriend, Kathleen?
(a) New York City.
(b) Frankfort.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

4. What does she begin to do?
(a) Cancel dates.
(b) Find excuses not to see Eliezer.
(c) Drink too much.
(d) Go out with other people.

5. What happens as Kathleen and her boyfriend attempt to eat a hamburger?
(a) He eats the entire thing.
(b) He finds himself disgusted by the smell of the meat.
(c) She finds herself disgusted by the smell of the meat.
(d) She does not let him have any of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are strangers like stars?

2. By what is he troubled?

3. Of what does the protagonist want to make sure?

4. What feels like fire?

5. Why does Kathleen wonder about the identity of Sarah?

(see the answer key)

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