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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into what does he see his grandmother crammed?
(a) A coffin.
(b) A too-tight space with too many other bodies.
(c) A grave.
(d) A closet.

2. What does he want to do?
(a) See a mystery.
(b) Go to nicer restaurant.
(c) Go home.
(d) See the city skyline.

3. Why does he feel this way when he eats the hamburger?
(a) It reminds him of his childhood.
(b) He is so hungry.
(c) It reminds him of a much earlier time.
(d) It is so delicious.

4. What happens while the protagonist is standing at an intersection?
(a) He is shot in a drive-by shooting.
(b) He jumps in front of a cab.
(c) He hails a cab.
(d) A cab plows into him and drags him several feet.

5. What happens when his pleas for mercy go unheard?
(a) The man is escorted out of the prison camp.
(b) The boy tells him to run for his life.
(c) The young boy finds the same man hanging from the rafters of the barracks.
(d) He is shot by the Nazis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the nurse give the patient?

2. When he says nothing, what does his father do?

3. With whom is the protagonist?

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

5. To whom does he run?

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