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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. Into what does he see his grandmother crammed?
(a) A closet.
(b) A too-tight space with too many other bodies.
(c) A coffin.
(d) A grave.

2. From what does the protagonist awaken?
(a) A nap.
(b) A nightmare.
(c) A deep sleep.
(d) Surgery.

3. What is causing this insatiable thirst?
(a) An intense fever due to an infection.
(b) He has not had water in over twenty-four hours.
(c) The medication in the IVs.
(d) His memory of his grandmother.

4. What does the protagonist do when Kathleen attempts to start a conversation?
(a) He cuts her off.
(b) He listens to her.
(c) He stops her.
(d) He joins in the conversation.

5. What is he unable to explain to his father about the stolen money?
(a) He feels guilt because his own parents are alive.
(b) He is desperately in need of money.
(c) He feels guilty telling his father he stole it for him.
(d) He likes to steal money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the protagonist steal some money?

2. What does he begin to tell the stranger?

3. How does the stranger surprise him?

4. How does the man in the concentration camp try to justify his actions?

5. What does the grandmother say when the young boy asks when God dies?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the scene between the protagonist and the stranger.

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

6. Describe the details of the accident.

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

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

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

10. What memory does he then recall?

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