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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Kathleen try to convince him to do?
(a) Go home.
(b) Eat something.
(c) Rest.
(d) Go to a movie.

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

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

5. Why does Halina do this?
(a) She does not like Kathleen.
(b) She wants to say hello to Kathleen.
(c) To introduce Kathleen to the protagonist.
(d) She does not want to bother Kathleen on her date.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens as Kathleen and her boyfriend attempt to eat a hamburger?

3. What is happening in his memory of the concentration camp?

4. What happens while the protagonist is standing at an intersection?

5. With whom is the protagonist?

(see the answer key)

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