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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 Marion feel about their life in the new house?

2. What plan does Dangerfield make when he grows bored at home?

3. What nationality is Sebastian Dangerfield?

4. What does Marion want Dangerfield to have fixed?

5. Why is O'Keefe going to France?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can Dangerfield be called an escapist and how does Chris figure into his escaping?

2. What does Chris discern about her relationship with Dangerfield?

3. What are the two most important things in the lives of Dangerfield and O'Keefe?

4. How does Dangerfield view his wife and child and his life in general?

5. What does O'Keefe realize about Dangerfield when he loans Dangerfield money?

6. What does Chris learn about Dangerfield and Marion's sex life and what does Dangerfield reveal about wanting to have sex with Chris?

7. Who is Kenneth O'Keefe and where does Dangerfield invite him to go in Chapter 1?

8. Why does Dangerfield turn to Chris when he has wrecked the bar in a drunken state?

9. How do Dangerfield's behavioral traits undermine him in terms of money vs. pleasure?

10. Why is Dangerfield so angry to learn that Marion has contacted his father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Poverty seems to be almost an unnamed character in the book. How pervasive is the sense of poverty? Why does it have such a prevalent place in the characters' lives? Explain how an inanimate object or characteristic can be a character.

Essay Topic 2

Create a character study of O'Keefe. What are his physical characteristics? What are his motivations? What are his fears? What are his dreams? What else can you say about O'Keefe?

Essay Topic 3

Poverty and wealth is an important theme in DA. Can you cite an example to support this theme? Name two other themes and cite examples to support your answer.

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