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

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

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

4. What is THE ACCIDENT?
(a) The story of a Holocaust survivor struggling to adjust to life after World War II.
(b) The story of a famous train wreck in the United States.
(c) The story of a businessman and his corrupt business deal.
(d) The story of a war that took place due to a communication error.

5. What happens while the protagonist is standing at an intersection?
(a) A cab plows into him and drags him several feet.
(b) He jumps in front of a cab.
(c) He hails a cab.
(d) He is shot in a drive-by shooting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feels like fire?

2. What is causing this insatiable thirst?

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

4. What has this accident set off?

5. What does he want to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Of what does this insatiable feeling remind him?

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

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

4. What happens once the protagonist is admitted into the hospital?

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

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

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

8. What happens right before the accident?

9. How does the scene end?

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

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