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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has happened to this person at the box office?
(a) He is going to see a movie.
(b) He is surprised and happy to see Kathleen and the protagonist together.
(c) He has been quickly and casually dismissed.
(d) She is excited for the protagonist.

2. 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.

3. What horrifies the boy?
(a) The thought of God being immortal.
(b) The thought of God being buried alive.
(c) The thought of God's Son dying for us.
(d) The thought that God has already died.

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

5. What does the protagonist do when Kathleen attempts to start a conversation?
(a) He stops her.
(b) He cuts her off.
(c) He joins in the conversation.
(d) He listens to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halina do?

2. Despite the efforts of his girlfriend and others, what does the main character find himself doing?

3. From what does the protagonist awaken?

4. What is odd about the protagonist's comment about already knowing Kathleen?

5. What is he unable to explain to his father about the stolen money?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the scene end?

2. What happens right before the accident?

3. What does the protagonist tell the stranger? How does the stranger respond?

4. To whom does he run in this memory? What does this person do?

5. What is the protagonist's memory about his grandmother?

6. Describe the protagonist's first evening with Kathleen.

7. What happens once the protagonist is admitted into the hospital?

8. What is significant about this meeting between the protagonist and Kathleen?

9. Why does the protagonist begin to tell the stranger his story?

10. Describe the details of the accident.

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