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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 was Sammy living when he committed his first crime?

2. How does Sammy feel about Helen's absence?

3. Where does Sammy cash his unemployment check?

4. Where did Sammy meet Jackie Milligan?

5. Once registered, what section is Sammy required to go to at the health center?

Short Essay Questions

1. What concerns Sammy about Helen's continued absence?

2. Initially, Jackie Milligan approached Sammy to help him with what?

3. While lying in a jail cell, Sammy reminisces about the deaths he has witnessed. What is odd about these memories?

4. When Sammy hears a kid bragging about getting in a fight, what is Sammy's response, and why is it ironic?

5. What types of things does Sammy procrastinate on?

6. How does Boab respond to Sammy upon first meeting him?

7. When meeting with the second interviewer, what does Sammy choose to do when he gets frustrated with the system?

8. Sammy suspects what has caused him to lose his eyesight?

9. How did Sammy get involved in a life of crime?

10. Why do the policemen beat up Sammy and take him to jail?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the relationship between Sammy and Helen.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay supporting or refuting the following statement, citing examples from the text: Sammy's relationships with others primarily consists of what they can do for him. Examine the following relationships within the essay:

1) Sammy and Helen.

2) Sammy and Boab.

3) Sammy and strangers.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the relationship between Sammy and his former family.

1) Describe Sammy's ex-wife.

2) Describe his son, Peter, and his feelings for him.

3) Analyze why the relationship ended.

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