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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 Lazarus do in his early thirties after leaving the Merchant Marines?

2. What career does the narrator of The Eternal Glory That Is Ham Hocks leave in order to become a chef?

3. Where is Cicero's and Jacson's vast house?

4. What city is Ed Phelps exploring in the story When We All Get to Heaven?

5. What turns out to be wrong with Cicero's car?

Short Essay Questions

1. Until he beats J.C. Stokes, how does Lazarus mostly choose to deal with his wife's infidelity?

2. What does a man in the street in New York City hand Ed that puts Ed off in the story When We All Get to Heaven?

3. Why does Inez Cross Chasten choose not to tell her husband, ever, about Howard Hughes's proposition to her?

4. Why does Inez Cross Chasten refuse to cook for Howard Hughes?

5. How does Ed Phelps's musical interaction with Idol affect him later that same day?

6. What does Lazarus compare his Aunt Tensy's interactions with her family to?

7. In the story I Thought I Heard the Shuffle of Angels' Feet, what brings Cicero and Tony together again after many years?

8. Why is Lazarus Barden II having problems with his Aunt Tensy in the story Ain't No Sunshine?

9. Why does Ed Phelps go to the Carnegie Deli in the story When We All Get to Heaven?

10. Why does Lazarus pursue Gina, even though he has known her her whole life and he knows she has a reputation for trouble?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the appearance and persistence of the hog in the story Now Why Come That Is change the character Percy Terrell radically from the beginning of the story to the end? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

At the end of the story Resurrection Hardware or, Lard and Promises, how would you describe the ways in which Randall's relationship with and perceptions of the ghosts in his house and on his property change over time? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How would you describe the public's perception of the "miracles" that Velmajean performs, and which character or characters seems to stand the gain the most from the promotion of these miracles? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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