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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 Jack spend his days in Paris?

2. What does Ruth contract from Jack?

3. What time does Jack and his mother reach their final destination?

4. Why does Jack decide to finally marry Ruth?

5. What does Angie convince her son to give up before he moves to Florida with her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprises Jack when he meets a group of English Beat teenagers in London?

2. How does Jack describe Cody when he tries to retrieve some money lent to him?

3. How does Irwin describe Hubbard?

4. Why is Jack so disappointed when he arrives in San Francisco with his mother?

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

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

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

8. How does Hubbard survive in Tangiers with no real work?

9. What happens to Jack's rucksack during his trip to see his mother?

10. What happens on Jack's first night in Mexico City at the end of the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Solitude is something that Jack often sought throughout the book. Where did he find it? How did this solitude affect his character and his relationships with the other characters in the book?

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

Alyce is a minor character whose presence makes a big difference in the plot. How does she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence, however brief, alters the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if Alyce had not been in the book?

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