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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 does Ray fantasize about giving his winnings to?

2. What two things make up Ray's life?

3. Where did Ray and Amy have sex?

4. Where does Ray tell Amy he met her?

5. What made June's home look like an institution?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Lenny happy that he finally stood up to Vince?

2. What does Vic remember about the funeral at Fairfax Park Hospital?

3. What did Jack ask Ray to do for him?

4. What problems has Lenny had with his daughter Sally?

5. How does Ray think insurance works?

6. How does Vince respond when Lenny punches him?

7. Why does Ray think insurance is similar to gambling?

8. What does Vince regret doing to his daughter Kathy?

9. How does Lenny react when Vince starts to unscrew Jack's jar?

10. Why did Vince feel uncomfortable about seeing Jack's body?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Swift is said to have used Faulkner's As I Lay Dying as his model for Last Orders. Compare As I Lay Dying to the novel. What comparisons can be drawn between Last Orders and the As I Lay Dying? Why did Swift choose Faulkner's book as his model for Last Orders?

Essay Topic 2

Compare American and British culture.

1) What are the differences between the two cultures?

2) How have the two cultures influenced each other?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the generation gap between younger and the older characters. What different experiences did both generations go through? What problems is the generation gap causing the characters? Was generational gap expressed in Last Orders particularly wide during this time or is a wide generational gap common to all ages?

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