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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. 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. 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) The darkness of his room.
(d) When the doctor tells him he is thirsty due a fever from an infection.

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

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

5. What happens when she is also crying out for water?
(a) He gives her water.
(b) She must go searching for water.
(c) Nobody is there to quench her thirst.
(d) She will vomit if she has water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man not look up to see?

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

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

4. Leaving the meal uneaten, what do the protagonist and Kathleen discuss?

5. What does Halina do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does this time with Kathleen trigger?

3. What does the protagonist tell the stranger? How does the stranger respond?

4. How does the scene end?

5. What does the protagonist criticize in the first section of the novel?

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

7. What is significant about this meeting between the protagonist and Kathleen?

8. What does he tell the nurse? What is her response? Why does he feel this way?

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

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

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