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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does he run?
(a) His mother.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His teacher.
(d) His best friend.

2. What is he unable to explain to his father about the stolen money?
(a) He feels guilt because his own parents are alive.
(b) He likes to steal money.
(c) He feels guilty telling his father he stole it for him.
(d) He is desperately in need of money.

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

4. How does the stranger surprise him?
(a) "You are the best man I have ever met."
(b) "You are a saint."
(c) "You must know this. I think I am going to hate you."
(d) "You are the saddest person I have ever known."

5. How does this section begin?
(a) On a warm, still night in New York.
(b) On a cool fall Chicago night.
(c) On a cold and snowy day in London.
(d) On a cold and windy Paris night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the protagonist remember just as the doctor tells him that "she" is waiting outside?

2. What does he tell the nurse that he wants an injection to take away?

3. In the first section of the novel, where is the protagonist with his girlfriend, Kathleen?

4. What does the nurse promise?

5. What is the protagonist standing alone doing?

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