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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 Jack live on while typing up the work he wrote in Mexico?

2. Where does Jack go to escape from his mother for a little bit while they are living together?

3. What major manuscript is printed just before Jack moves back to Florida with his mother?

4. When does Jack sneak away from Paris to London?

5. What magazine is Jack photographed for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Jack first meets Alyce?

2. What is Angie's first impression of Mexico when Jack takes her over the border?

3. What happens to Cody shortly after Jack leaves for Florida?

4. What does Hubbard express a need to purge himself of, and why?

5. Why does Jack say the thugs on the street leave him alone when he first enters San Francisco with his mother?

6. What does Jack find when he returns from helping a friend move some of his things?

7. How does Jack feel about the Beat society by the time he is ready to leave Tangiers?

8. What does Raphael do on his return to New York that earns him great respect?

9. Where is Jack living at the end of the book, and how does he feel about it?

10. How does Angie describe what love should be like to her son?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Religion is a theme ouched on a number of times in this book. Where did this theme appear, and how did it affect the characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Jack endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does Jack learn through these experiences?

Essay Topic 3

How does Jack change through the course of the book? What causes these changes?

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