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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 is the name of Karen's father?

2. How does Brita feel as she is setting up the camera?

3. What does Brita catch in the starkness of Bill's eyes?

4. To what kind of painting does Karen compare the images at the soccer match?

5. What kind of robe is Reverend Moon wearing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Karen escape her cousins at the airport?

2. What does Charlie remember fondly about the fifties?

3. How does Charlie say he is dealing with his current crop of moaning writers?

4. With what does Scott say he has experience since his time in the city?

5. How does Brita come to the conclusion that she wants to photograph only writers?

6. What does Moon think about the faces looking at him?

7. What does Maureen joke that is the only reason there are so few American faces?

8. How does the author describe Reverend Moon?

9. Why does Brita say she is scared of writers?

10. Why does Scott say that he tells Bill what he does?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did Scott first find in Bill's writing that he liked? Why did Bill decide to take on Scott? Has Scott helped or hindered Bill? How would Bill cope without him?

Essay Topic 2

What does it say about Karen's character and upbringing that she becomes involved with things and people so deeply? What do you think Karen learned about life from her time with the Unification Church?

Essay Topic 3

How does the author represent the life of a writer? What is his representation trying to express within the context of the story? Is it an accurate representation?

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