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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 does Jean swerve into?

2. Which two characters have adopted Tamar?

3. Who helps Tamar clean up her mother's filthy apartment?

4. What does Tamar say she feels responsible for doing?

5. What are the color of Crimond's eyes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Crimond's treatment of Jean and his proposal to Rose say about his character?

2. What have Duncan and Jean promised each other they will try to achieve?

3. How has Tamar's life taken a turn for the better since Gideon and Pat adopted her?

4. Why are Duncan and Jean finding life together difficult?

5. Why does Rose refuse to marry Crimond?

6. Why does Tamar decide to reconcile with her mother?

7. In what way is Jean and Duncan's marriage doomed?

8. Why does Gulliver decide to leave Lily?

9. What does Lily confide in Rose about snails?

10. How does Tamar confront her mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Marxist's life:

1) What are Marxists and how do they view life?

2) What influence have Marxists had on popular culture?

3) How does the author express both the negative and positive aspects of Marxism in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Crimond's life as a writer affects one of the following areas in his life:

1. Work.

2. Social life.

3. Intimate relationships.

4. Family.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the books reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

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