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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 is Mason's favorite drug?

2. What part of Melbourne is Queens Road in?

3. What is the name of the other man in the foursome?

4. What does Candy like to do at Albert Lake Park?

5. Why does Dirty Julie get angry with the narrator's friends?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the narrator unreliable?

2. What is the title of Chapter 2, and what does it mean?

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

4. What happens when the narrator's friends confront Dirty Julie about her tainted stash?

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

6. Why does the narrator think Schumann is generous?

7. What does the narrator think about while his wife is in labor with their first child?

8. What excuse does the narrator give for falling asleep at his wedding reception?

9. How did drug use change Schumann's life?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the narrator see as the major turning point in his drug addiction, and what brought him to this point?

Essay Topic 2

What were the narrator's two loves, and how did he balance his need for both in his life?

Essay Topic 3

What happens to Candy when she comes off of heroin, and why? How does the narrator respond to this?

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