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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. At which of the following does Wayne understand C will attend a gala?

2. What professional title does C hold?

3. At which train station does Wayne embark to proceed to meet Sticky?

4. What wife does Reggie claim to have?

5. Into which of the following does C note Cine Latino has been converted?

Short Essay Questions

1. What occasions laughter between C and Wayne at their dinner together?

2. Why does Will disclaim his real name?

3. Why does Wayne dislike San Francisco weather?

4. What final report of his prison fighting does Will give?

5. How does Mo explain time to Wayne?

6. Why does Wayne note wanting to touch coins after news reaches C of Lu’s death?

7. What initially brings Wayne to California?

8. When C asks him about his work, how does Wayne respond?

9. For what reason does event security beat Wayne?

10. How does Wayne rob the women in the train station?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

For what reason does one narrator’s grandmother hold them in such disdain? What in the novel suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

Sources attest to the presence of The Furrows on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

How reliable are the narrators of the novel? What in the text indicates that reliability, and how does it do so?

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