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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does she tell him she has found?

2. What frightens him most?

3. What does the protagonist do when he and the girl go to her room?

4. What is the result of Kathleen trying to change him?

5. What has Dr. Russel made a habit?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the section begin?

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

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

5. What is Kathleen's response to this story?

6. What does Kathleen say, one night when they are in bed together?

7. How has this traumatic experience affected the girl?

8. What does Kathleen ask of Eliezer?

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

10. Describe the protagonist's story about his teacher.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The cab accident acts as a catalyst.

Part 1) How does it act as a catalyst?

Part 2) What does the protagonist learn about himself through this accident?

Part 3) How has the protagonist changed because of this accident? Why?

Essay Topic 2

The stranger on the ship says, "I think I'm going to hate you."

Part 1) What does this reveal about the protagonist?

Part 2) What is ironic about this statement?

Part 3) How is this type of honesty repeated later in the novel? How does this help or hurt the protagonist?

Essay Topic 3

The main character is a Holocaust survivor.

Part 1) Describe this character. How is his personality shaped by his experience in a concentration camp?

Part 2) How is he similar to other Holocaust survivors?

Part 3) Compare the main character to the author, who is also a Holocaust survivor.

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