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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. In what state does Clay attend college?

2. What does Clay find his sisters doing on the morning after Christmas?

3. Why is Clay suspicious about loaning the money to Julian?

4. At the start of the Part 4, why do Clay and Blair go to Kim's house?

5. What time does Clay get off of the phone with Blair in Part 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Finn refuse to release Julian from working for him? What does Finn do when Julian begs and pleads for release?

2. What does Clay do before his date with Blair in Part 7? What do they do on their date? What happens when they go to Spago?

3. What flashback does Clay have of his grandmother in Palm Springs when she had pancreatic cancer?

4. What happens to Clay on Christmas Eve after he finishes spending time with his family? How does he end his evening?

5. Why does Rip contact Clay? What happens when Clay shows up to meet Rip?

6. What happens to Clay when he leaves Spago to go to the club After Hours with Blair and Trent?

7. What is happening at Kim's party when Blair and Clay arrive? What is Muriel doing at the party?

8. What do Clay and Rip encounter while on Mulholland Drive? What does it remind them of?

9. What does Clay do on New Year's Eve night? Who does he spend it with? What happens?

10. Why do Clay, Rip, and Trent go to Dead's house? What do they do after they leave Dead's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Clay change over the course of the novel? What differences are noticeable at the of the novel? How does Clay show these differences? Why do you think Clay has changed? Please use specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Clay agree to go along with Julian to his appointment? Why does Clay excuse himself during Julian's appointment? What does Clay have to do in order to stay at the hotel with Julian? Please use specific examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Why does the author include the scene in which Rip shows his friends the girl tied up in his apartment? How does the author use Clay and Spin to juxtapose each other in this scene? Please use specific examples from the book.

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