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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Despite the efforts of his girlfriend and others, what does the main character find himself doing?
(a) Becoming bored.
(b) Moving from city to city.
(c) Wanting new friends.
(d) Withdrawing from life.

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

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

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

5. What has happened to this person at the box office?
(a) He is surprised and happy to see Kathleen and the protagonist together.
(b) She is excited for the protagonist.
(c) He has been quickly and casually dismissed.
(d) He is going to see a movie.

6. Who is Shimon on his way to meet?
(a) His new boss.
(b) A woman named Halina.
(c) Kathleen.
(d) The protagonist.

7. Despite what does the stranger stay with him?
(a) The protagonist's complaint that he can not dance.
(b) The darkness.
(c) The cold weather.
(d) The protagonist's ill humor and his obvious desire to be alone.

8. Who has Kathleen left standing at the box office?
(a) The protagonist.
(b) Her original date.
(c) Shimon.
(d) Halina.

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

10. What does he begin to tell the stranger?
(a) He wants to jump in the water.
(b) He does not want to talk.
(c) The story of his life.
(d) He does not want to dance.

11. 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 end his life while simultaneously recovering from a near-death experience.
(d) His urge to turn off the alarm, yet keep it ringing.

12. What does the stranger never do?
(a) Stop talking.
(b) Stop the protagonist or ask for clarification.
(c) Leave.
(d) Listen to his story.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what does he see his grandmother crammed?

2. What happens moments later?

3. What is happening in his memory of the concentration camp?

4. What does he want to do?

5. What is causing this insatiable thirst?

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