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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the nurse promise?
(a) He will feel no pain.
(b) His memories will be gone soon.
(c) He will sleep and not be thirsty.
(d) He will not live through the night.

2. What is the protagonist standing alone doing?
(a) Looking out into the backyard.
(b) Watching the others dance.
(c) Staring at the sea.
(d) Reading a book.

3. What does he want to do?
(a) Go home.
(b) See the city skyline.
(c) See a mystery.
(d) Go to nicer restaurant.

4. With whom is the protagonist?
(a) His girlfriend, Kathleen.
(b) His friend, Shimon Yanai.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

5. How are strangers like stars?
(a) They are not committed to you.
(b) They will guide you.
(c) The are famous.
(d) There are many of them.

6. What is before them?
(a) Two cups.
(b) Central Park.
(c) The hamburgers.
(d) The movie screen.

7. Why does he tell her he does not want to talk about himself?
(a) He wants to first know about her.
(b) If he did she would only hate him.
(c) He is embarrassed to be the center of attention.
(d) He is shy.

8. What happens after he asks the doctor to show her in?
(a) She does not enter.
(b) He tells her of the memory of his grandmother.
(c) They talk for many hours.
(d) They speak for just a moment.

9. Who holds the protagonist and sobs in his memory?
(a) His mother.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His teacher.
(d) His friend.

10. What is odd about the protagonist's comment about already knowing Kathleen?
(a) He has only met her once before.
(b) Kathleen does not seem to recognize him.
(c) He and Kathleen have never met.
(d) They have not seen each other in over twenty years.

11. Why does he believe his grandmother is waiting outside?
(a) He is trapped between the past and the present.
(b) The doctor tells him his grandmother is outside.
(c) He can see her in the doorway.
(d) He thinks he hears her voice.

12. When he says nothing, what does his father do?
(a) Sends him to his room.
(b) Storms out of the room.
(c) Hugs him.
(d) Hits him.

13. What does the protagonist remember about his first evening with Kathleen?
(a) They are seated in a movie theatre.
(b) They are eating hamburgers.
(c) They are seated in her home in Paris.
(d) They are walking through New York City.

14. Eventually, what does the protagonist come to realize?
(a) The stranger is just like him.
(b) It is safe to speak to the stranger.
(c) The stranger wants to push him in the water.
(d) The stranger is very odd.

15. When does Halina stop him?
(a) Just as he is walking into a restaurant.
(b) Just as he hails a cab.
(c) Just as she notices another woman.
(d) Just before he crosses the street.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happens as Kathleen and her boyfriend attempt to eat a hamburger?

4. What horrifies the boy?

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

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