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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. In the italicized section of Chapter 4, why does the Kid say that he came first without his cohorts?
2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 4, what kind of car does Bobby buy after finding what he was looking for in his grandmother's basement?
3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, who does John say that Bobby is in love with?
4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 3, what is Bobby's dive job on the river?
5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 1, what instrument is Bobby playing when John first meets him?
Short Essay Questions
1. What part does Bobby's father play in World War II?
2. While Bobby is sitting in the cathedral, what does Bobby remember his sister saying about the afterlife and God?
3. What are Bobby and Oiler doing off the coast of Mississippi as the non-italicized section of Chapter 1 opens?
4. What does Oiler say that he regrets the most about his time in Vietnam?
5. In Chapter 2, why does Bobby rent a boat and sail around the little cluster of islands off the coast of Mississippi?
6. What is peculiar about this downed plane?
7. Does Bobby find anything on his search of the cluster of islands?
8. Who is the bathless one and what does he do?
9. What happens to Bobby that ends his time racing cars?
10. What does Debussy say that she wants in regard to gender?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In what ways is this book a story about God? How is God related to the idea of duality? Or Conscious and subconscious? Is the dark side of the unconscious also God? or is God only about the light? Are heaven and Hell two halves of the same coin? What do you think the author is trying to suggest to the reader?
Essay Topic 2
What do you think of Kline as a character? How is Kline a foil for John Sheddan? What aspect of the author does Kline represent?
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think the author chooses to make Bobby's father one of the makers of the atomic bomb? How does this affect Bobby and Alicia? What is the difference in comprehensibility between a tragedy like the atomic bomb being dropped and the tragedy of losing one person in life when that person is the most deeply loved person in life?
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