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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the grandmother say when the young boy asks when God dies?
(a) God does not die.
(b) God dies in all of us.
(c) God has already died.
(d) God will send his Son to die for us.

2. What is the nurse's response?
(a) His grandmother will help him heal.
(b) He is very sweet to think of her.
(c) She will give him a shot against his dreams.
(d) That is very sweet.

3. In the first section of the novel, where is the protagonist with his girlfriend, Kathleen?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) New York City.
(d) Frankfort.

4. He notices the passersby, and what does he remark to himself?
(a) How beautiful they are.
(b) How he wishes he could be so content.
(c) How haggard everybody looks.
(d) Where they are all headed.

5. Who holds the protagonist and sobs in his memory?
(a) His mother.
(b) His friend.
(c) His teacher.
(d) His grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does his mind wander?

2. Who does Shimon see, with whom he is already acquainted?

3. With whom is the protagonist?

4. What does the nurse promise?

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

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