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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. What does the protagonist want to say to the doctor?
(a) "You are the best man I have ever met."
(b) "You want to know who I am, truly? I don't know myself."
(c) "I live because of you."
(d) "Why did you save me?"

2. What is Kathleen's response to this story?
(a) She likes the name Sarah.
(b) She cries.
(c) She does not want to hear any more.
(d) She is surprised.

3. What does Kathleen ask Eliezer one night while they are in bed together?
(a) To forget the past.
(b) To not forget the past.
(c) To forget her.
(d) To leave.

4. What do they occasionally see?
(a) A concert.
(b) Friends.
(c) Something that might have moved them once.
(d) A movie.

5. What does the patient finally do?
(a) Asks for Kathleen.
(b) Tells the doctor to leave.
(c) Tells the doctor a story.
(d) Hugs the doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has the protagonist learned to do well?

2. When does the protagonist say this name?

3. With what does it begin?

4. How does Kathleen react?

5. What frightens him most?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the girl tell the protagonist?

2. How does the protagonist respond to the woman's request?

3. What do the doctor and the protagonist say about the river?

4. What does the protagonist realize he wants to do? How does the girl react?

5. How do Kathleen and the protagonist feel about one another?

6. Who arrives before Kathleen? Describe their behavior. How does the protagonist respond to this.

7. What is the protagonist's memory of Moishe?

8. Why does Kathleen begin to cry?

9. How does the section begin?

10. How does this section begin?

(see the answer keys)

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