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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the stranger recall?
(a) How he wanted to feel the cold water on his body.
(b) How nervous he was to dance.
(c) How memorable his mar mitzvah was.
(d) How the sea called to him to end it all by jumping in.

2. Leaving the meal uneaten, what do the protagonist and Kathleen discuss?
(a) The protagonist's inability to eat meat.
(b) Where they should go next.
(c) The time.
(d) Where to find a better meal.

3. What do the two of them do without talking?
(a) Watch a movie.
(b) Sit on a bench.
(c) Stare at each other.
(d) Walk for some time.

4. What does the protagonist remember just as the doctor tells him that "she" is waiting outside?
(a) The look on his father's face.
(b) Her hot tears running down his arms.
(c) His friend's hug.
(d) His teacher's words.

5. What should one not look at too long?
(a) The sea.
(b) The dark.
(c) Their souls.
(d) Their friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Halina do this?

2. When does the protagonist realize it is not his grandmother waiting for him?

3. What does the main character think is impossible to find?

4. What is the original French title of the book?

5. How does the stranger surprise him?

(see the answer key)

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