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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. Where does the narrator hide heroin while helping Mason?

2. How does the narrator realize he has an addiction?

3. Where does Candy get married?

4. Why does the narrator get kicked out of the Queens Road flat?

5. Where does the narrator meet Ronny Radar?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator fall asleep at his wedding, and what do others think of this?

2. Why does the narrator go to the Cockatoo Club, and what happens to him there?

3. What is the narrator arrested for while Candy is in the hospital with Hepatitis?

4. What job does Candy take in Melbourne, and how does the narrator feel about it?

5. Who is Tucker, and what does he do for the narrator?

6. Why is the narrator unreliable?

7. How does the narrator profit from the stolen wallet?

8. How does O'Brien get Candy to use heroin after she tries to quit?

9. What is freebasing?

10. Why does the narrator say he ruined Candy's life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the boat dream, and what does it mean? How does the narrator respond to this dream?

Essay Topic 2

Betrayal was a theme introduced in a few places in this book. How does this constant stream of betrayal affect the outcome of the plot, and which characters were most affected by it?

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

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