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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom is the protagonist?
(a) His girlfriend, Kathleen.
(b) His friend, Shimon Yanai.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

2. Who arrives to question the protagonist?
(a) The lawyer.
(b) The cab company.
(c) The doctor.
(d) His father.

3. The title of the novel refers to what type of accident?
(a) Theft.
(b) Miscommunication.
(c) Medical.
(d) Cab.

4. What happens moments later?
(a) The protagonist invites Kathleen to dinner.
(b) The protagonist is hit by a cab.
(c) The protagonist and Kathleen are walking along the Seine together.
(d) The protagonist and Kathleen say goodbye to each other.

5. What does the stranger standing next to him in the dark do?
(a) Starts a conversation.
(b) Ask him to dance.
(c) Push him on the swing.
(d) Push him in the water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does he want to do?

2. What is the original French title of the book?

3. What feels like fire?

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

5. The main character is _______________ whose own experiences during the holocaust have left him, like many others, with a strong sense of despair and self-loathing.

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