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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Marion try to wake Harry when he needs to get ready for his first night of work?
(a) By smacking him.
(b) With an alarm clock.
(c) By calling his phone.
(d) With "dexie."

2. How does Sara behave once she starts her new pill and diet regimen?
(a) Sara gets a job.
(b) Sara cleans nonstop.
(c) Sara is depressed.
(d) Sara sleeps all day.

3. What keyword does Sara force herself to think in the middle of the night?
(a) Hungry.
(b) Television.
(c) Tired.
(d) Zophtic.

4. What does Sara check a few times in hopes of information?
(a) The mail.
(b) Her answering machine.
(c) Her email.
(d) The news.

5. Why does Sara panic when she sees the clock after eating breakfast?
(a) Sara realizs she has a long time before lunch.
(b) Sara ate at the wrong time.
(c) Sara is late for a hair appointment.
(d) Sara must get ready for Harry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sara's diet change when she begins her pill regimen?

2. Where do Tyrone and Harry consider finding work, as in a real job?

3. How much more money do Harry and Tyrone need to purchase the amount of heroin they want?

4. What does Harry plan to buy Sara?

5. Where does Marion meet Arnold for their scheduled meeting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Looking at the kind of food Marion buys, how does this relate to her life?

2. How does Sara treat her friends?

3. Why does Harry want to buy Sara a television?

4. Why would Marion ask Arnold about his wife?

5. What enabled Marion to have the past life she fondly remembers?

6. How do Tyrone and Harry view working at a regular job?

7. How do Harry and Marion have an oblivious separation from reality?

8. Why is Harry's daydream at Tyrone's apartment important to the theme of the novel?

9. What is ironic about Harry's remark that "juice heads are too much, aren't they? They really have no class, no class at all"?

10. What does Sara not realize about her conversations with the refrigerator?

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