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The Door

1. What does the author mean to tell the reader about the main character when he uses words like tex and koid in the first two paragraphs?

2. Why does the author translate koid and void in the third paragraph?

3. What kind of medical/scientific treatments are referred to in the story?

4. What does the author mean when he says, “There have been so many doors changed on me”?

5. Why does the narrator keep comparing himself to a rat?

6. What happens at the end of the story/