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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 celebrities are watching Lenny Bruce in Mister Kelly's?

2. Who does Nick take to his room in this section?

3. Which main character is Jason Varover married to?

4. What kind of pilot is Louis T. Bakey?

5. Who does Nick meet from grade school in chapter seven?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the fragments portray in this section?

2. What does this section state about Klara's life in the Bronx?

3. Describe Lenny Bruce's performance in Miami in October 1962?

4. How does the author describe Clyde Tolson?

5. What is the scene at the Yankee stadium when Manx arrives?

6. What do Miles and Klara do together int his section?

7. What is Marian doing at the beginning of this section?

8. How does Manx sell the baseball?

9. How does Nick get a job at the soft drink company?

10. Describe Bruce's performance in Chicago in October 1962?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What decisions do the students think Nick regrets in his life? Choose one of the decisions he regrets and dicuss how his life would have been different if he had taken a different decision?

Essay Topic 2

How is the story about Cotter Martin linked to the rest of the story and the characters? Why doesn´t the author continue Cotter's story? How do you think he would have reacted to his father selling the baseball?

Essay Topic 3

What is Manx's role in the novel? What meaning does his character give the novel? How would the novel change if Manx was not a character in the novel?

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