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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. Which of the following subjects do Richard and his friend talk about?

2. In which state is Phoenix?

3. Which city is Nick flying to in chapter nine?

4. What kind of car is the Texas Highway Killer driving in the tape?

5. What does Richard give his father before he drives to his friend's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was the Texas Highway Killer?

2. Why does Hoover appreciate Truman's timing in the announcement of the Soviet bomb?

3. Why does Nick have his mother's surname instead of his father's?

4. How does Nick know Klara Sax?

5. How did Bobby Thompson's home run affect people?

6. Why did sister Edgar stop hitting kids?

7. Why does Mike think his mother should stay in New York?

8. What do we find out about Nick's past in this section?

9. How do Matt and Nick's views on their father differ?

10. How did Nick's son change after the LA riots?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Klara's character at the beginning of the novel? How does her character change through the novel? How does the author express this change? What events have the biggest impact on Klara's life and why?

Essay Topic 2

Which of the eras depicted in the book would you most like to live in and why? How accurate do you think is the author's of the era you have chosen?

Essay Topic 3

Who was Lenny Bruce? Why does the author include him as a character in his novel?

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