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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 does Sara receive in the mail?
(a) A new television.
(b) A paycheck from her boss.
(c) A diet guide.
(d) An envelope from the television company.

2. How does Harry get himself to sleep after work?
(a) Marion reads to Harry.
(b) Marion gives Harry warm milk.
(c) Harry drinks alcohol.
(d) Harry takes sleeping pills.

3. What takes Sara's mind off food?
(a) Harry.
(b) Television.
(c) Her papers.
(d) Ada.

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

5. How does the librarian react to Sara?
(a) Irritated and grouchy.
(b) Polite but amused.
(c) Kind and gracious.
(d) Helpful but condescending.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the memories of other cultures and life arouse in Marion?

2. After Sara decides to eat freely, what does Sara eat as she mocks the refrigerator?

3. What keyword does Sara force herself to think in the middle of the night?

4. Where do Tyrone and Harry get the extra money they need to purchase the amount of heroin they want?

5. How does Marion try to capture every object around her?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Tyrone and Harry fall short of the money they need, what does this symbolize?

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

3. How does Sara juggle her two addictions?

4. Why is it symbolic that Sara answers whatever intrusive question the television company asks her?

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

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

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

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

9. Why can Marion not sketch?

10. How are Sara and Harry's drug problems similar?

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