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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. Where is Nick living in this section?

2. What is the name of the Jackie Gleason program Nick's mother likes to watch?

3. Where is Albert sitting to think about Eddie at the end of this section?

4. What has Marvin hired people to examine in order to find out what happened to the baseball?

5. What drug does Marian prepare for herself in this section?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marian react to Nick's fling with Donna?

2. Why is Nick upset with Marian before he leaves for work?

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

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

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

6. What do people in Phoenix think about Nick's roots?

7. How does Nick know Klara Sax?

8. In what way are the men in the bar Nick and Sims go to all hair?

9. Why does Nick think his mother should move to Phoenix?

10. How are Nick and Klara's lives different?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the Texas Highway killing significant to the story? Why do you think the author does explore the killings and the murderer further?

Essay Topic 2

In what way is Nick typical of New York? How has being from New York shaped his character?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the stories and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

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