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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 Harry infer about Dwayne's ignoring him at the car dealership?

2. What disorder does Dwayne develop as he teeters on the edge of sanity?

3. Who is the first victim of Dwayne's psychotic, violent rampage?

4. What birthday does The Narrator celebrate at the end of the novel?

5. What error does The Narrator note about Kilgore that he should change, but will not because it would be too complicated?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Wayne and the reader similar to one another in Chapter 19?

2. What causes Kilgore to get out of the car and start walking toward Midland City and his fateful meeting with Dwayne?

3. When Kilgore and Dwayne finally meet as foretold in Chapter 1, what is the cause of their meeting?

4. What is the connection between Dwayne's house and the stream of pollution that Kilgore wades through?

5. What does Grace, Harry's wife, tell Harry he should do regarding his job at Dwayne's dealership?

6. Why is Harry devastated at the beginning of Chapter 13?

7. Why does Bunny not fight back when his father, Dwayne, assaults him in the hotel lounge?

8. What do Kilgore and the driver drive by in West Virginia and who was it founded by?

9. What is the book the driver describes having read that Kilgore realizes is one of his own novels about?

10. Why did Dwayne send his son, Bunny, to a military school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Breakfast of Champions in literary terms. How does is transcend conventional drama in genre, plot construction, character development, and even narration? Cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

In the Prologue, The Narrator describes his childhood, including his relationship with Phoebe Hurty whose atypical views largely influenced The Narrator's views. Based on the information The Narrator provides and what the reader learns about Kilgore throughout the novel, is it possible that Kilgore is a self representation of The Narrator? Support your answer with specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Who is The Narrator in Breakfast of Champions? The unnamed narrator claims to be a real person, but defies conventional literature and even physics at numerous points throughout the plot. What is his role within the novel? Using specific examples from the text, write a thesis explaining who you think The Narrator is within the novel.

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