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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who holds the protagonist and sobs in his memory?
(a) His teacher.
(b) His mother.
(c) His friend.
(d) His grandmother.

2. What is this person waiting to do?
(a) Talk to the doctor.
(b) Leave the protagonist.
(c) Give the protagonist more medication.
(d) See the protagonist.

3. How does this section begin?
(a) On a warm, still night in New York.
(b) On a cool fall Chicago night.
(c) On a cold and windy Paris night.
(d) On a cold and snowy day in London.

4. He notices the passersby, and what does he remark to himself?
(a) How he wishes he could be so content.
(b) How beautiful they are.
(c) Where they are all headed.
(d) How haggard everybody looks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first section of the novel, where is the protagonist with his girlfriend, Kathleen?

2. What does the grandmother say when the young boy asks when God dies?

3. What does the protagonist remember just as the doctor tells him that "she" is waiting outside?

4. What does Kathleen try to convince him to do?

5. What does the protagonist remember about his first evening with Kathleen?

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