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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 does Tyler call his parents' house in Chapter 24?
2. When Claire is storming out of his place, what word does Tobias use to describe her?
3. Which of Elvissa's possessions does Claire discover at Tobias's place?
4. In Chapter 23 when Andy wakes up in the early morning and sees his friends asleep around him, how does he feel?
5. What does Andy find Dag scooping out of the common pool in Chapter 29?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Bunny Hollander.
2. What is the significance of the title of the story Elvissa tells, "The Boy with the Hummingbird Eyes"?
3. What does Claire intend to do with the stick she found on the street in New York?
4. As he explains in Chapter 29, how does Dag think he will die?
5. What does Andy describe planing in his parents' back yard in Chapter 23?
6. What does Andy say is the kiss of death, personality-wise in Chapter 25?
7. In Chapter 23 when Andy wakes up in the early morning and sees his friends asleep around him, how does he feel?
8. In Chapter 17, what does Dag explain will be his memory of life on earth?
9. What does Andy tell Dag about a little Japanese girl he lived with in Chapter 29?
10. According to Andy, why will this year's Christmas holiday be different at the Palmer home?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author of the novel, Douglas Coupland. What is his background and how does it relate to Generation X? Is he a Gen X'er?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the motif of materialism in Generation X. How do the main characters feel about materialism? In what way is materialism connected with the characters' families and the setting of the novel? What is a yuppie?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the characters' hesitance with sharing their personal truths. How are the stories that Andy, Dag, and Claire tell one another only partly truthful? Why do these characters avoid sharing their personal stories with their closest friends? How do these characters grow in this regard as the novel progresses? By the end of the novel are these characters about to tell the whole truth, or do they continue to disguise the truth?
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