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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is THE ACCIDENT?
(a) The story of a businessman and his corrupt business deal.
(b) The story of a famous train wreck in the United States.
(c) The story of a Holocaust survivor struggling to adjust to life after World War II.
(d) The story of a war that took place due to a communication error.

2. What does Shimon convince the protagonist to do?
(a) Accompany him.
(b) Date Halina.
(c) Go home.
(d) Go in his stead.

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

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

5. With whom is the protagonist?
(a) His mother.
(b) His friend, Shimon Yanai.
(c) His father.
(d) His girlfriend, Kathleen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the man in the concentration camp try to justify his actions?

3. What is the original French title of the book?

4. Why does Halina do this?

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

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