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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 she ask him when she catches him in such a moment?
(a) To leave.
(b) Forget the past.
(c) Where he was before.
(d) Talk to a therapist.

2. What does the protagonist do?
(a) He moves to her and roughly pulls her toward him, and then he kisses her.
(b) He takes her hand in his.
(c) He kisses her gently.
(d) He locks the door.

3. What do they occasionally see?
(a) Friends.
(b) A concert.
(c) A movie.
(d) Something that might have moved them once.

4. Who is Sarah?
(a) The protagonist's sister.
(b) The protagonist's mother.
(c) Th protagonist's wife.
(d) The protagonist's grandmother.

5. What does he think about this question?
(a) He thinks she is very pretty.
(b) People make love at night, not in the middle of the day.
(c) He is not hungry.
(d) He is not sure why she wants a story read to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the protagonist tell this story?

2. Why is a young blonde woman with blue eyes watching him?

3. What does Kathleen know when he says he will?

4. Into what has his desire suddenly turned?

5. Why is Kathleen staying in a posh hotel in New York City?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the doctor tell the protagonist?

2. Who arrives before Kathleen? Describe their behavior. How does the protagonist respond to this.

3. What does Kathleen ask of Eliezer?

4. How do Kathleen and the protagonist feel about one another?

5. How does this scene open?

6. What is Eliezer's memory about the train station?

7. Why does Kathleen begin to cry?

8. Describe the protagonist's story about his teacher.

9. What is Kathleen's response to this story?

10. What would happen if the protagonist did not do what the teacher told him to do?

(see the answer keys)

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