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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. With what is the protagonist suddenly gripped?

2. What is her response when he finally asks her if she knows him?

3. What does the patient finally do?

4. Why does he decide to go with her?

5. Who is Sarah?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kathleen ask of Eliezer?

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

3. What does the doctor tell the protagonist?

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

5. What does the girl tell the protagonist?

6. What has happened to Kathleen?

7. What do the doctor and the protagonist say about the river?

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

9. Why is the protagonist not able to make love to the girl?

10. Why does Kathleen begin to cry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The main character stays and listens to Sarah's story.

Part 1) How is this similar to Kathleen staying in a relationship with the main character?

Part 2) How does her story reveal more details of life in a concentration camp?

Part 3) Compare and contrast Sarah and the main character.

Essay Topic 2

The protagonist is not named until Section 6.

Part 1) What is his name? Why is it not known until Section 6?

Part 2) What is the author's purpose for keeping him anonymous for over half of the novel?

Part 3) How might this reflect how both the author and main character feel about themselves?

Essay Topic 3

Gyula destroys the portrait.

Part 1) Why does he destroy it? Does this help the main character? Why or why not?

Part 2) Would this tactic work with anyone suffering in the same way as the main character? Why or why not?

Part 3) Why does Gyula leave the ashes sitting in a pile? How do they affect the protagonist? Why do they affect him this way?

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