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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has Kathleen left standing at the box office?
(a) Her original date.
(b) The protagonist.
(c) Halina.
(d) Shimon.

2. What does his grandma tell him the presence of God will do?
(a) Comfort him.
(b) Keep them warm in the grave.
(c) Be with her always.
(d) Fight off evil.

3. Into what does he see his grandmother crammed?
(a) A closet.
(b) A coffin.
(c) A grave.
(d) A too-tight space with too many other bodies.

4. He notices the passersby, and what does he remark to himself?
(a) How beautiful they are.
(b) How haggard everybody looks.
(c) Where they are all headed.
(d) How he wishes he could be so content.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened to this person at the box office?

2. What is odd about the protagonist's comment about already knowing Kathleen?

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

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

5. With what does he grapple?

(see the answer key)

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