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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 interesting about the dog's behavior?

2. Who does Vince suspect he is working for?

3. What is another part of the "gift" Vince has?

4. What shape was the Lab of Banodyne industries?

5. How many people are in the family that Vince is being paid to kill next?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Streck violate Nora?

2. What does Vince want with Johnny the Wire?

3. What was it that attracted Travis' attention to Nora?

4. What are the things Travis likes in Nora?

5. What was left of Wes' house?

6. What things led Vince to believe he was working for the Soviets?

7. Why didn't Wes get the gun despite his fear?

8. What was Nora Devon's escape from the domineering nature of her aunt?

9. What things did Arthur Streck knock over while trying to escape Einstein?

10. How was the fear that Travis felt after he'd left the canyon different to what he felt why he was there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What inspires an epiphany from Lem Johnson? Do you think his way of thinking is logical, or that of someone who is very tired and exhausted? How do you justify your answer?

Essay Topic 2

How, throughout the novel has Nora's character evolved? What, in later chapters, makes her seem like a totally different person? How does her character development contrast Travis'?

Essay Topic 3

The Outsider and Einstein both have a different view of society not only due to genetics but due to the way they were treated. Explain both views of humanity, and why you think each character takes that view. Which do you most identify with and why? What do you think is the stimulus for you feeling this way?

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