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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 keeps the rest of the crew from joining Bobby?
2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what is the most notable thing that Bobby's father is professionally a part of during World War II?
3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, who does John say is wiser than Hamlet?
4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, what happens when Bobby tries to withdraw money from his bank?
5. In the italicized section of Chapter 7, as the dummy is being loaded back into the trunk, what name does the girl remember is the dummy's real name?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, why does Bobby change his major from math to physics?
2. Where does Bobby go to live for the winter after having his conversation with Kline about Bobby getting on with his life?
3. Who shows up in the girl's recovery room? How do they look? What is the girl's response?
4. In Chapter 5, when Bobby meets Sheddan for lunch, at the beginning of their conversation how does Sheddan describe Bobby as an archetypal figure?
5. What does the IRS do to Bobby?
6. 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?
7. One night while Bobby is in Wartburg, Bobby mentions Alice's papers. Who is Alice? What happened to her?
8. What cathartic exclamations does Bobby make at the end of his visit with the person who comes to visit Bobby while Bobby is living alone in a shack by the beach?
9. What does the IRS agent at the post office say is the reason for the IRS becoming involved in Bobby's life?
10. How does the person that Bobby meets with after talking to the guys in suits know that Bobby's sister was beautiful?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What role does the Kid play in the story? What does he represent for Alicia? What does he represent in regard to a discussion about reality as compared to things that are just outside of reality that require belief and a letting go of the tangibility of this physical world in order to understand them?
Essay Topic 2
Bobby has two more experiences of solitude. How are these experiences different that his experience on the jack-up rig? How do the language and cadence give the reader a feeling that the other two experiences of solitude have a different quality than the experience Bobby has aboard the jack-up rig?
Essay Topic 3
What is the mystery of the downed plane? Does it get solved to any degree of satisfaction? Why does the author add this element to the story? How does an unsolved mystery with a myriad of loose ends reinforce the theme of disorientation? How do a mystery with no end and no visible linear arc connect to the rest of Bobby's life?
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