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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 seems to have tainted Joelle's innocence?

2. What is the name of the radio show that Mario and Hal listen to at a local club?

3. In what way does Mario try to follow in his father's footsteps?

4. What is Hal's father's name?

5. What is Don Gately's job?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Joelle Van Dyne?

2. What significant event happens in Chapter 5, Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment?

3. What kind of relationship do Hal, Orin and Mario have with Avril?

4. Who is Ken Erdedy?

5. Why does Ken Erdedy cut all ties with his drug dealers, only to begin smoking again?

6. Which of the Incandenza brothers is the most stable?

7. Why does Joelle try to overdose at Molly's party?

8. What role does drug use play at Enfield?

9. What does Mario want to Hal to tell him about sadness?

10. Why does the separatist group want the Entertainment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of relationship does Avril have with her children? What events have put strain on her relationships? Does Avril love her sons?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Hal have a breakdown at the end of the novel? What brought the breakdown on? How does the breakdown lead to the scene that is actually first in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Why do Don and Joelle connect? What elements of their histories and current treatment parallel each other? Why is Don so interested in Joelle?

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