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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when she is also crying out for water?
(a) She will vomit if she has water.
(b) She must go searching for water.
(c) He gives her water.
(d) Nobody is there to quench her thirst.

2. The title of the novel refers to what type of accident?
(a) Medical.
(b) Miscommunication.
(c) Theft.
(d) Cab.

3. What happens after he asks the doctor to show her in?
(a) He tells her of the memory of his grandmother.
(b) They talk for many hours.
(c) She does not enter.
(d) They speak for just a moment.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Halina stop him?

2. Why does she ask him to tell her about himself?

3. Who is Shimon on his way to meet?

4. What does the stranger never do?

5. What does the protagonist remember about his first evening with Kathleen?

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