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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. Who appears at Bill's apartment?

2. What plant does Bill read about in this chapter?

3. What is Bill free to do while he waits to go to court?

4. What does Bill attempt to kill in this segment?

5. Of what does Bill complain that his apartment smells?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bill discuss with the police in the interview in section 7?

2. Summarize the novel.

3. Of what does this final section of the novel consist?

4. How does Rollins help Bill make a recovery from drugs and alcohol?

5. What is Bill's wife's main complaint about his habit?

6. In what way do the police treat Bill badly?

7. Why do Pat and Bill decide to stop selling drugs?

8. What does Bill say happens to time when using morphine?

9. Of what do appendices 4, 5, 6 and 7 consist?

10. Describe Bill's time with the young drug users.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What major events had a profound affect on Burroughs' life and how did they change him? What does Buroughs still have to learn by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Describe how the following characters helped Burroughs' recover from his drug addiction:

1) Old Ike

2) Bill's wife

3) Rollins

Essay Topic 3

Pick a character from the novel and discuss his/her goals and motives. Does he/she achieve his/her motive? Does he/she share similar goals and motives with other characters? Does his/her goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect his/her interactions with each other?

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