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

2. Some time later, what does the protagonist recall for what the same man is pleading?
(a) A chance to serve in a restaurant.
(b) His life with the people who share his barracks.
(c) A new hamburger.
(d) Another meal.

3. What is this woman doing?
(a) Talking on a pay phone.
(b) Waiting in line to see a movie.
(c) Sitting on a bench.
(d) Kathleen is on a date.

4. 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) His insurance is not accepted by the first hospital.
(d) The first one believes he cannot be saved.

5. What does the protagonist vow?
(a) He will pray to God in his grandmother's memory.
(b) He will not forget his grandmother's words.
(c) Each time he feels the cold he will remember his grandmother's ashes.
(d) Each time he feels the cold he will remember his grandmother's comforting message.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the protagonist make an excuse to leave?

2. What happens when his pleas for mercy go unheard?

3. When is the protagonist's silent reverie broken?

4. What does Halina do?

5. What do the two of them do without talking?

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