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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can he not have a drink?
(a) There is no water available.
(b) He is on IVs.
(c) He is about to go into surgery.
(d) It will make him vomit.

2. What does Shimon convince the protagonist to do?
(a) Go home.
(b) Go in his stead.
(c) Accompany him.
(d) Date Halina.

3. What is happening in his memory of the concentration camp?
(a) A man is eating a large chunk of raw meat.
(b) A man gives him his dinner.
(c) The Nazis are eating a delicious steak dinner.
(d) The Nazis are taunting him with food.

4. What experience does the stranger relate to him?
(a) When he jumped into the water.
(b) When he first learned to dance.
(c) When he had his bar mitzvah.
(d) When he found himself staring at the sea.

5. Why does Halina do this?
(a) To introduce Kathleen to the protagonist.
(b) She wants to say hello to Kathleen.
(c) She does not like Kathleen.
(d) She does not want to bother Kathleen on her date.

6. What does the nurse give the patient?
(a) Dinner.
(b) A hug.
(c) Two injections.
(d) Water.

7. Who is Shimon on his way to meet?
(a) His new boss.
(b) Kathleen.
(c) The protagonist.
(d) A woman named Halina.

8. What is THE ACCIDENT?
(a) The story of a Holocaust survivor struggling to adjust to life after World War II.
(b) The story of a businessman and his corrupt business deal.
(c) The story of a famous train wreck in the United States.
(d) The story of a war that took place due to a communication error.

9. What happens after he asks the doctor to show her in?
(a) She does not enter.
(b) He tells her of the memory of his grandmother.
(c) They talk for many hours.
(d) They speak for just a moment.

10. What does the protagonist remember about his first evening with Kathleen?
(a) They are walking through New York City.
(b) They are seated in a movie theatre.
(c) They are seated in her home in Paris.
(d) They are eating hamburgers.

11. With what does he grapple?
(a) His urge to end his life while simultaneously recovering from a near-death experience.
(b) His desire to end the war he has just begun.
(c) His desire to tell the police not to come.
(d) His urge to turn off the alarm, yet keep it ringing.

12. When does the protagonist realize it is not his grandmother waiting for him?
(a) When the stranger walks in the room.
(b) When he remembers his grandmother is dead.
(c) When the doctor mentions Kathleen by name.
(d) When he hears Kathleen's voice.

13. What is before them?
(a) The movie screen.
(b) Two cups.
(c) Central Park.
(d) The hamburgers.

14. 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 is desperately in need of money.
(c) He feels guilty telling his father he stole it for him.
(d) He likes to steal money.

15. When is the protagonist's silent reverie broken?
(a) When a loud noise is heard.
(b) Kathleen tells him she is getting cold.
(c) When Kathleen kisses him.
(d) When the story in his mind ends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the protagonist tell the stranger?

2. What happens while the protagonist is standing at an intersection?

3. Why does the protagonist make an excuse to leave?

4. Who has Kathleen left standing at the box office?

5. When does Halina stop him?

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