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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 urge to turn off the alarm, yet keep it ringing.
(d) His desire to end the war he has just begun.

3. Who does Shimon see, with whom he is already acquainted?
(a) The protagonist.
(b) Kathleen.
(c) Halina.
(d) Gyula.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is this person waiting to do?

3. What is causing this insatiable thirst?

4. What causes him to think about his grandmother in this way?

5. What does Halina do?

(see the answer key)

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