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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. What memory does this trigger?
(a) A day spent with his grandmother.
(b) A voyage he took to South America after the war.
(c) A school day many years before.
(d) His bar mitzvah.

2. What does he want to do?
(a) Play on the swingset.
(b) Jump in and drown.
(c) Be the character in the book.
(d) Dance like the others.

3. What is this woman doing?
(a) Waiting in line to see a movie.
(b) Talking on a pay phone.
(c) Kathleen is on a date.
(d) Sitting on a bench.

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

5. When is the protagonist's silent reverie broken?
(a) When the story in his mind ends.
(b) When a loud noise is heard.
(c) When Kathleen kisses him.
(d) Kathleen tells him she is getting cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has Kathleen left standing at the box office?

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

3. What happens while the protagonist is standing at an intersection?

4. What do the two of them do without talking?

5. What is odd about the protagonist's comment about already knowing Kathleen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the protagonist's first evening with Kathleen.

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

4. Describe the memory that is triggered by the hamburger.

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

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

7. After his memory, what does he have a strong desire to do?

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

9. How does the protagonist react to the stranger's honesty?

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

(see the answer keys)

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