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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 Eliezer go on to say?

2. What does the teacher tell him is a serious thing?

3. When does this section take place?

4. Who comes to visit just before Kathleen arrives?

5. Why is Kathleen staying in a posh hotel in New York City?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the doctor say about Kathleen?

2. What does the doctor tell the protagonist?

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

4. What does Kathleen ask of Eliezer?

5. Why does Kathleen begin to cry?

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

7. How does this scene open?

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

9. What does Kathleen say, one night when they are in bed together?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The protagonist believes survivors are pretending.

Part 1) At what are they pretending?

Part 2) Why does he believe they are pretending?

Part 3) Is he ever able to stop pretending? Why or why not?

Part 4) How is this related to his thoughts about saints?

Essay Topic 3

When, in section 2, Kathleen and the protagonist meet for the first time, the protagonist says, "But we already know each other."

Part 1) In what way do they know each other?

Part 2) How do they feed off of each other's needs? What does this do to their relationship?

Part 3) What does the protagonist realize about this relationship? What does he plan to do? Does he do it? Why or why not?

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