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1. What was the boy at the beginning of the book thinking about?

At the beginning of the book, the boy was thinking about sleeping in his bedroom in Paris and waiting for the chance to wake up.

2. What did the main character hate about going to bed as a boy?

As a boy, the narrator hated going to bed because he did not sleep well, did not like his bedroom, and most important, missed his mother.

3. What dreams were recurring to the narrator as a child?

As a child, the narrator had recurring dreams about lonely and sad people and sexual encounters with much older women.

4. Why did the narrator hate to have house guests when he was a child?

When the narrator was a child, he hated house guests staying with them because the guests usually took away some of his mothers attention which was his favorite thing.

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