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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes him to think about his grandmother in this way?
(a) The small closet by his bed.
(b) He believes he will die soon.
(c) The darkness of his room.
(d) When the doctor tells him he is thirsty due a fever from an infection.

2. Some time later, what does the protagonist recall for what the same man is pleading?
(a) His life with the people who share his barracks.
(b) A chance to serve in a restaurant.
(c) A new hamburger.
(d) Another meal.

3. What memory does this trigger?
(a) A day spent with his grandmother.
(b) A school day many years before.
(c) A voyage he took to South America after the war.
(d) His bar mitzvah.

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

5. Why does Kathleen convince him to do this?
(a) He looks tired.
(b) He admits to having eaten nothing all day.
(c) He needs a break from reality.
(d) He needs to sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can he not have a drink?

2. How does the man in the concentration camp try to justify his actions?

3. What happens moments later?

4. What is before them?

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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