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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 non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what is Bobby doing in Paris?
2. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what is the girl writing in her notebook when the Kid wants to look at it?
3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what animal does John see at the Absinthe House a while back?
4. After returning to New Orleans, why does Kline say that Bobby would make a bad fugitive?
5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, what old friend does Bobby say asks after John?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who visits Bobby while he is living alone in a shack by the beach? Why does the person who visits Bobby say that he is there?
2. What is in the trunk that the Kid brings into the girl's room?
3. What does the IRS do to Bobby?
4. What is Bobby's response to the IRS agent at the post office?
5. What happens to Bobby when goes to the jack-up rig?
6. How does the person that Bobby meets with after talking to the guys in suits know that Bobby's sister was beautiful?
7. Who shows up in the girl's recovery room? How do they look? What is the girl's response?
8. In the opening of the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, where is Bobby and what is he doing?
9. What does the girl say to the Kid about why she does not write down her mathematical conjectures?
10. What happens to Bobby's pet while Bobby is away on the jack-up rig? How does it happen?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What do you think of John Sheddan's character? What kind of person is he? What aspect of the author does he represent?
Essay Topic 2
There are guys in suits who question Bobby, and his bank account is frozen by the IRS. How do these elements serve the story? How do they serve the author's intentions for the story? How do they serve to suggest a life that is out of Bobby's control? How do they serve to show ideas of struggle and surrender? How do these ideas relate to the reader's world?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the Thalidomide Kid. Write about him as if you are explaining him and his character to someone who has not read the book. What are the Kid's important aspects? What are the important things to know about the Kid in order to understand his essence as it relates to the book?
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