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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item is found in the motel room that leads Milo and Alex to Adam and Eve Messenger Service?

2. Who calls as Alex is about to leave to see a matinee documentary about William Burroughs?

3. What kind of car does Alex drive?

4. Who does Alex ask Mal to call after they receive the rats?

5. What is Beverly Lucas' occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the Touchers?

2. How does Nona react to Raoul's inquiry about Woody's health in Chapter Three?

3. Why is Alex a bit reluctant to call Milo with the information he learns about Augie from Bev?

4. What reason does Doug give Milo for telling Jan Rambo he never wanted to work with Nona again?

5. Why does Jan Rambo nickname Nona Daisy Mae?

6. How does Augie react to Milo's questioning him about the Touch and Nona Swopes?

7. Why did Milo choose not to take the lieutenants exam when it was offered to him?

8. What defense of the nurses does Valcroix offer when Raoul blames them for Woody's disappearance?

9. How were the bodies of the Swopes found?

10. Why does Alex describe Raoul's world as "madness"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Nona's life impacted by her father's incestuous experiments? What affect does it have on her psyche? How does she act because of it?

Essay Topic 2

How is determination used as a motif in the novel? Which characters exhibit determination? What are they determined to do?

Essay Topic 3

How are Alex and Noble Mathias alike? What in their past is alike? How does each man react to their traumatic past? What leads Alex down a different path than Noble?

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