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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 is Muffin's relationship to Milo?

2. What is Jamison's profession?

3. When Milo goes to visit Jamison at the police station, whose whereabouts does he want to know?

4. Who is Simon sent to visit in order to help Milo?

5. Who is married to Milo's first wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Milo's change from the time he adopts Muffin to the time of having his own child.

2. When Milo travels to Elton's house, what happens?

3. Discuss Simon's involvement with Nickie's case.

4. What can readers tell about Milo's reaction to the death of his father?

5. Discuss Milo's father's overcoat and who it now belongs to.

6. What are Elton's thoughts on Raymond's drug habit?

7. Describe Simon and the impression he gives others about himself.

8. When Milo's father dies, what does Milo do with his father's clothes?

9. Describe Helen and why she goes to see Milo in Chapter 1.

10. Where does Milo go in order to meet his friends? Describe his friends.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of drugs in the story and the effects they play on the deaths that occur.

Essay Topic 2

Label who the protagonist and antagonist in the story are, and what classifies these characters to fall into these specific categories.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of death in the story and why it plays such a significant role.

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