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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. What topic of books does Sara want from the library?
(a) Diet.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Television.
(d) Addiction.

2. What do the memories of other cultures and life arouse in Marion?
(a) Regret and hatred.
(b) Feelings of depth.
(c) Hopefullness.
(d) Sadness and sorrow.

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

4. How do Tyrone and Harry get motivated to work every night?
(a) They watch television.
(b) They spend their paychecks.
(c) They count their money.
(d) They take uppers.

5. How does Marion describe her parents?
(a) As kind and overly helpful.
(b) As pretentious and fake.
(c) As abusive and neglectful.
(d) As giving and dumb.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Harry react to Marion's dinner date with Arnold?

2. Where do Harry and Tyrone cut their drugs?

3. Why do the other workers tell Harry and Tyrone to slow their pace?

4. What do Harry and Tyrone do to free up their time as their drug business starts to succeed?

5. How much money do Harry and Tyrone make weekly from selling drugs?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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"?

2. How do people around Harry and Tyrone try to escape?

3. What is the progress of Sara's diet as she tries to diet alone?

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

5. What are the repercussions of Sara's addictions?

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

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

8. How are Harry and Sara's sleeping patterns similar?

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

10. What drugs is Sara abusing and how does her abuse affect her?

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