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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the nurse's response?
(a) That is very sweet.
(b) He is very sweet to think of her.
(c) She will give him a shot against his dreams.
(d) His grandmother will help him heal.

2. Why does Kathleen convince him to do this?
(a) He admits to having eaten nothing all day.
(b) He needs to sleep.
(c) He needs a break from reality.
(d) He looks tired.

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

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

5. Where does his mind wander?
(a) To the first time he met Kathleen.
(b) To his friends.
(c) To a conversation with his grandmother when he is a young boy.
(d) To Kathleen's former date.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the protagonist tell the stranger?

2. What is the protagonist standing alone doing?

3. What horrifies the boy?

4. What is before them?

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

(see the answer key)

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