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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. With what does he grapple?
(a) His urge to turn off the alarm, yet keep it ringing.
(b) His desire to tell the police not to come.
(c) His urge to end his life while simultaneously recovering from a near-death experience.
(d) His desire to end the war he has just begun.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shimon convince the protagonist to do?

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

3. What does his grandma tell him the presence of God will do?

4. What does he want to do?

5. What does Halina do?

(see the answer key)

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