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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the protagonist have to go to another hospital?
(a) His insurance is not accepted by the first hospital.
(b) The first hospital's staff tells him they have no room.
(c) He does not like the first hospital.
(d) The first one believes he cannot be saved.

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

3. What is happening in his memory of the concentration camp?
(a) The Nazis are eating a delicious steak dinner.
(b) The Nazis are taunting him with food.
(c) A man is eating a large chunk of raw meat.
(d) A man gives him his dinner.

4. Who does Shimon see, with whom he is already acquainted?
(a) Kathleen.
(b) Gyula.
(c) The protagonist.
(d) Halina.

5. The title of the novel refers to what type of accident?
(a) Cab.
(b) Miscommunication.
(c) Medical.
(d) Theft.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the main character think is impossible to find?

2. With what does he grapple?

3. What is Kathleen determined to see?

4. What does the protagonist do when Kathleen attempts to start a conversation?

5. What happens when his pleas for mercy go unheard?

(see the answer key)

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