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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the stranger standing next to him in the dark do?

2. What is this person waiting to do?

3. What happens after he asks the doctor to show her in?

4. What does the protagonist remember about his first evening with Kathleen?

5. What horrifies the boy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens, moments after the protagonist and Kathleen meet?

2. What does the protagonist vow? What ends his memory?

3. To what does the title refer?

4. Why does the protagonist begin to tell the stranger his story?

5. What is the protagonist's memory about his grandmother?

6. Why does the protagonist believe his grandmother is outside his room?

7. How does the protagonist meet Kathleen?

8. To whom does he run in this memory? What does this person do?

9. What happens when Kathleen tries to talk to the protagonist?

10. What does the protagonist realize years later about his grandmother?

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