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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Into what does he see his grandmother crammed?
(a) A grave.
(b) A closet.
(c) A too-tight space with too many other bodies.
(d) A coffin.

3. What does the nurse give the patient?
(a) Two injections.
(b) A hug.
(c) Water.
(d) Dinner.

4. What does the protagonist vow?
(a) Each time he feels the cold he will remember his grandmother's comforting message.
(b) Each time he feels the cold he will remember his grandmother's ashes.
(c) He will not forget his grandmother's words.
(d) He will pray to God in his grandmother's memory.

5. Leaving the meal uneaten, what do the protagonist and Kathleen discuss?
(a) Where they should go next.
(b) Where to find a better meal.
(c) The protagonist's inability to eat meat.
(d) The time.

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

7. Who does Shimon see, with whom he is already acquainted?
(a) Kathleen.
(b) Gyula.
(c) Halina.
(d) The protagonist.

8. What does the stranger recall?
(a) How memorable his mar mitzvah was.
(b) How the sea called to him to end it all by jumping in.
(c) How he wanted to feel the cold water on his body.
(d) How nervous he was to dance.

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

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

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

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

13. 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.
(a) A teacher.
(b) A journalist.
(c) A scientist.
(d) An engineer.

14. What does the protagonist remember just as the doctor tells him that "she" is waiting outside?
(a) Her hot tears running down his arms.
(b) His teacher's words.
(c) The look on his father's face.
(d) His friend's hug.

15. What is happening in his memory of the concentration camp?
(a) The Nazis are eating a delicious steak dinner.
(b) A man is eating a large chunk of raw meat.
(c) The Nazis are taunting him with food.
(d) A man gives him his dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does his mind wander?

2. In the first section of the novel, where is the protagonist with his girlfriend, Kathleen?

3. Why does Halina do this?

4. What feels like fire?

5. Why does he believe his grandmother is waiting outside?

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