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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 can he not have a drink?

2. When does Halina stop him?

3. What should one not look at too long?

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

5. What feels like fire?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does this time with Kathleen trigger?

2. What happens when the protagonist tries to eat a hamburger?

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

4. How does the protagonist react to the stranger's honesty?

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

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

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

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

9. Of what does this insatiable feeling remind him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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