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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 does she know he will continue to do?

2. What do they occasionally see?

3. What does he do when the nurse hands him a mirror?

4. What has happened, just as Eliezer feared?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kathleen ask the protagonist? What is his response?

2. What does Kathleen ask of Eliezer?

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

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

5. What does the doctor tell the protagonist?

6. How does this section begin?

7. Where can Kathleen not reach the protagonist? How does she deal with this?

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

9. What does the protagonist realize he wants to do? How does the girl react?

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

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 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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