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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the protagonist have to go to another hospital?
(a) His insurance is not accepted by the first hospital.
(b) The first hospital's staff tells him they have no room.
(c) He does not like the first hospital.
(d) The first one believes he cannot be saved.

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

3. What is happening in his memory of the concentration camp?
(a) A man gives him his dinner.
(b) The Nazis are taunting him with food.
(c) A man is eating a large chunk of raw meat.
(d) The Nazis are eating a delicious steak dinner.

4. What is THE ACCIDENT?
(a) The story of a war that took place due to a communication error.
(b) The story of a famous train wreck in the United States.
(c) The story of a businessman and his corrupt business deal.
(d) The story of a Holocaust survivor struggling to adjust to life after World War II.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the protagonist suddenly feel a strong desire to do?

2. What does he want to do?

3. From what does the protagonist awaken?

4. What do the two of them do without talking?

5. When is the protagonist's silent reverie broken?

(see the answer key)

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