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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the protagonist suddenly feel a strong desire to do?
(a) Tell the doctor the story of his grandmother.
(b) Die.
(c) See his grandmother.
(d) Go home.

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

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

4. What should one not look at too long?
(a) Their souls.
(b) Their friends.
(c) The sea.
(d) The dark.

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

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

7. In the first section of the novel, where is the protagonist with his girlfriend, Kathleen?
(a) Paris.
(b) Frankfort.
(c) New York City.
(d) London.

8. How does the man in the concentration camp try to justify his actions?
(a) He likes meat.
(b) He will share.
(c) Says that the person he ate was already dead.
(d) There was nothing else to eat.

9. After he awakens, to what does he find himself attached?
(a) Several needles.
(b) A monitor.
(c) Kathleen.
(d) A bed.

10. Why does Kathleen convince him to do this?
(a) He admits to having eaten nothing all day.
(b) He needs to sleep.
(c) He looks tired.
(d) He needs a break from reality.

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

12. 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.

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

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

15. What happens between Kathleen and the protagonist?
(a) Love at first sight.
(b) An argument.
(c) A misunderstanding.
(d) An instant recognition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the protagonist standing alone doing?

2. What happens when she is also crying out for water?

3. Why does she ask him to tell her about himself?

4. What does the protagonist remember just as the doctor tells him that "she" is waiting outside?

5. Despite the efforts of his girlfriend and others, what does the main character find himself doing?

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