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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the stranger surprise him?

3. What is THE ACCIDENT?

4. Where does his mind wander?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Of what does this insatiable feeling remind him?

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

3. How does the scene end?

4. What memory does he then recall?

5. To what does the protagonist wake up?

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

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

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

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

10. What does this time with Kathleen trigger?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel ends with the main character crying.

Part 1) For what is he shedding tears?

Part 2) Is he healed? Why or why not?

Part 3) Will his relationships with others be different now, after the destruction of the painting? Why or why not?

Part 4) Will he reconcile with Kathleen? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The main character is a Holocaust survivor.

Part 1) Describe this character. How is his personality shaped by his experience in a concentration camp?

Part 2) How is he similar to other Holocaust survivors?

Part 3) Compare the main character to the author, who is also a Holocaust survivor.

Essay Topic 3

The author's description of the passersby on the street is bleak.

Part 1) Describe these people. Do they look like this in reality? Why or why not?

Part 2) How does this foreshadow the feeling of the rest of the novel?

Part 3) Describe a time when your emotions affected your take on your surroundings.

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