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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the nurse's response?
(a) She will give him a shot against his dreams.
(b) His grandmother will help him heal.
(c) He is very sweet to think of her.
(d) That is very sweet.

2. How does this section begin?
(a) On a cold and snowy day in London.
(b) On a cool fall Chicago night.
(c) On a cold and windy Paris night.
(d) On a warm, still night in New York.

3. What does Shimon convince the protagonist to do?
(a) Date Halina.
(b) Go in his stead.
(c) Go home.
(d) Accompany him.

4. What causes him to think about his grandmother in this way?
(a) He believes he will die soon.
(b) The small closet by his bed.
(c) When the doctor tells him he is thirsty due a fever from an infection.
(d) The darkness of his room.

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

6. What does the protagonist do when Kathleen attempts to start a conversation?
(a) He listens to her.
(b) He joins in the conversation.
(c) He stops her.
(d) He cuts her off.

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

8. What does he tell the nurse that he wants an injection to take away?
(a) His memories.
(b) His pain.
(c) His life.
(d) His thirst.

9. What is he unable to explain to his father about the stolen money?
(a) He feels guilty telling his father he stole it for him.
(b) He likes to steal money.
(c) He is desperately in need of money.
(d) He feels guilt because his own parents are alive.

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

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

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

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

14. 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) Where to find a better meal.
(d) The time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does he tell her he does not want to talk about himself?

2. What is before them?

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

4. What experience does the stranger relate to him?

5. Of what does he tell her that he will dream?

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