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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the protagonist suddenly feel a strong desire to do?
(a) Go home.
(b) See his grandmother.
(c) Tell the doctor the story of his grandmother.
(d) Die.

2. What does Kathleen try to convince him to do?
(a) Rest.
(b) Eat something.
(c) Go home.
(d) Go to a movie.

3. What does the main character think is impossible to find?
(a) His family.
(b) A place to call home.
(c) Any satisfaction in life.
(d) A cure for cancer.

4. To whom does he run?
(a) His teacher.
(b) His best friend.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His mother.

5. What is causing this insatiable thirst?
(a) He has not had water in over twenty-four hours.
(b) The medication in the IVs.
(c) An intense fever due to an infection.
(d) His memory of his grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does his mind wander?

3. Some time later, what does the protagonist recall for what the same man is pleading?

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

5. What is the protagonist standing alone doing?

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