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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the main character think is impossible to find?
(a) A place to call home.
(b) A cure for cancer.
(c) His family.
(d) Any satisfaction in life.

2. What causes him to think about his grandmother in this way?
(a) When the doctor tells him he is thirsty due a fever from an infection.
(b) He believes he will die soon.
(c) The small closet by his bed.
(d) The darkness of his room.

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

4. When he says nothing, what does his father do?
(a) Hits him.
(b) Hugs him.
(c) Sends him to his room.
(d) Storms out of the room.

5. What is odd about the protagonist's comment about already knowing Kathleen?
(a) Kathleen does not seem to recognize him.
(b) He and Kathleen have never met.
(c) They have not seen each other in over twenty years.
(d) He has only met her once before.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Halina stop him?

2. What is THE ACCIDENT?

3. What does the man not look up to see?

4. Some time later, what does the protagonist recall for what the same man is pleading?

5. What does the nurse promise?

(see the answer key)

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