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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. Who makes a rosary in Catherine's honor?

2. What is asked of Catherine in Chapter 45 of "A History of Them All"?

3. Where are Edith, F., and the narrator lying at the beginning of Chapter 44 of "A History of Them All"?

4. What happens to Catherine's face after her death?

5. What happens in the uncle's tent at the end of Chapter 49 of "A History of Them All"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Catherine's uncle's request of Catherine before he dies?

2. What happens to Catherine after her uncle makes one of his final requests before he dies?

3. What does F. tell the narrator when he visits him in a dream in Chapter 50 of "The History of Them All"?

4. Where does the narrator go when he leaves his apartment in Chapter 45 of "A History of Them All"? What does he think about there?

5. What does F. fear he did to the narrator in "A Long Letter from F"?

6. Describe the scene with the Danish vibrator.

7. What is Catherine's ailing uncle's final request of the women in the village?

8. How does the experience with the woman who pleasures the narrator at the protest end?

9. Where does Catherine travel to in "A Long Letter from F"?

10. What does the narrator find in Edith's drawer as she and F. are shooting heroin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the self-mortification of Catherine and her best friend Tegaigenta.

Essay Topic 2

Explain what the "telephone game" is and why is this knowledge significant to the narrator.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the state of the narrator at the beginning of the novel to the end. Does he make any progression? If so, explain.

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