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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 make an excuse to leave?
(a) He is anxious to escape conversation.
(b) He is not feeling well.
(c) He does not like Halina.
(d) He is not interested in Kathleen.

2. What is the nurse's response?
(a) He is very sweet to think of her.
(b) She will give him a shot against his dreams.
(c) That is very sweet.
(d) His grandmother will help him heal.

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

4. Why does he believe his grandmother is waiting outside?
(a) The doctor tells him his grandmother is outside.
(b) He thinks he hears her voice.
(c) He is trapped between the past and the present.
(d) He can see her in the doorway.

5. Who is Shimon on his way to meet?
(a) Kathleen.
(b) His new boss.
(c) The protagonist.
(d) A woman named Halina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feels like fire?

2. What does the nurse promise?

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

4. What happens when she is also crying out for water?

5. How does this section begin?

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