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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. Why does Halina do this?

2. What horrifies the boy?

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

4. When he says nothing, what does his father do?

5. What experience does the stranger relate to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does this section begin?

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

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

4. What memory does he then recall?

5. Describe the details of the accident.

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

7. To what does the title refer?

8. To what does the protagonist wake up?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The doctor knows the protagonist does not care about life.

Part 1) How does he know this? What is the protagonist's reaction? Why does he react this way?

Part 2) Why can the doctor not understand the protagonist's depression?

Part 3) With what is the doctor concerned? Should that be his only concern? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout this novel, the protagonist moves in and out of time.

Part 1) Give two examples of this. What is the purpose of this?

Part 2) How does this affect his relationship with others?

Part 3) Is this effective in showing the inner workings of the protagonist's mind? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The smell of meat reminds the protagonist of previous events.

Part 1) Describe these events. Why do these events occur?

Part 2) How do these events reveal the horrors of the holocaust?

Part 3) Can you relate to this kind of trauma? Why or why not?

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