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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 did Bill show an interest towards in high school?

2. Which character is said to be teetering on the edge of death?

3. What happens to Bill when he injects the heroin?

4. Which of the following is not an example of a heroin dealer?

5. What kind of cure does Bill plan to take on his trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Jack?

2. Describe Bill's early life.

3. Describe the fight that occurs in the opening ten pages.

4. What is Bill's opinion of heroin dealers?

5. How was Bill able to travel around Europe?

6. Describe the story about the mark who woke up while he was being robbed.

7. What did Bill do when he came back from Europe?

8. What did Bill do after university?

9. How does Bill meet Mary?

10. Why is Herman arrested?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a 500-word essay either in support or against the following statement: Junky romanticizes drug abuse.

Essay Topic 2

Why do the students think Burroughs refrains from giving the narrator's wife a real name? What does it say about their relationship?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Burroughs' writing style. How would you describe Burroughs' prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Burroughs' style give to the story?

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