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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 say when he asks her what is wrong?

2. What happens If he forgets to do this?

3. What does she know he will continue to do?

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

5. Who is Sarah?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the doctor say about Kathleen?

3. What does Kathleen ask of Eliezer?

4. Why does Kathleen begin to cry?

5. How has this traumatic experience affected the girl?

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

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

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

9. How does this section begin?

10. What does the doctor tell the protagonist?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The main character is a Holocaust survivor.

Part 1) Describe this character. How is his personality shaped by his experience in a concentration camp?

Part 2) How is he similar to other Holocaust survivors?

Part 3) Compare the main character to the author, who is also a Holocaust survivor.

Essay Topic 2

The stranger on the ship says, "I think I'm going to hate you."

Part 1) What does this reveal about the protagonist?

Part 2) What is ironic about this statement?

Part 3) How is this type of honesty repeated later in the novel? How does this help or hurt the protagonist?

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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