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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Dr. Russel made a habit?
(a) To visit with the protagonist each evening.
(b) Sending other doctors in to talk to his patient.
(c) Having dinner with Kathleen.
(d) To visit with the protagonist each morning.

2. What does the grandmother say when the young boy asks when God dies?
(a) God does not die.
(b) God will send his Son to die for us.
(c) God has already died.
(d) God dies in all of us.

3. How does the stranger surprise him?
(a) "You must know this. I think I am going to hate you."
(b) "You are a saint."
(c) "You are the saddest person I have ever known."
(d) "You are the best man I have ever met."

4. What is the original French title of the book?
(a) "Le Jour (Day)."
(b) "Le Soir (Evening)."
(c) "L'Accident (Accident)."
(d) "La Nuit (Night)."

5. 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) He hails a cab.
(d) A cab plows into him and drags him several feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the protagonist vow?

2. What does the doctor believe is the difference between him and the protagonist?

3. The main character is _______________ whose own experiences during the holocaust have left him, like many others, with a strong sense of despair and self-loathing.

4. Who holds the protagonist and sobs in his memory?

5. Why does the protagonist make an excuse to leave?

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