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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 does Conley say of Brother Stevens' daughter?

2. What is Conley's mother's first impression about the Love In Action facility in the first chapter?

3. What happened when Conley went hunting as a child with his father?

4. What is one of the questions in Conley's Addiction Workbook?

5. Why does a fellow Love In Action participant criticize Conley when they are visiting the Lutheran Church?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the church denomination whose service Conley attends?

2. What does Conley take from his father's desk drawer?

3. What did Love In Action participant, "T" try to do?

4. What is a genogram?

5. Who are the twins whom Conley meets in college?

6. What is a Moral Inventory?

7. What is the name of Conley's first roommate?

8. Who is Conley's first girlfriend?

9. In which city does the Love in Action take place?

10. Why does Conley's mother sleep in a separate room from his father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conley often reacts critically to Love In Action's activities and principles. Does the extent to which Conley accepts the treatment outlined by Love In Action change during the course of the memoir? Write an essay in which you describe the trajectory of Conley's reaction to Love In Action's program. Use evidence from the text to support your claim.

Essay Topic 2

Conley loves to write in his Moleskin journal. He claims that he wants to be a writer when he grows up. What attracts Conley to the act of writing? Write an essay in which you explain Conley's relationship to his writing, explaining how the writing makes him feel. Use examples from the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

The memoir is a unique genre, in which an individual's autobiography is structured to demonstrate how an experience changed him or her. Memoir is understood to be nonfictional; however, all narrators are reliable to different extents. Write an essay in which you discuss whether Conley is a reliable or unreliable narrator. Use examples from the text to support your response.

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