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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 Vince become during the sixties?

2. What do people tell Ray he needs on him?

3. What does Ray say is the true center of London?

4. Who asks Mandy for a kiss?

5. Where does Ray say Vince has just come from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Ray give for Amy not coming on the trip?

2. How did Vince change after coming back from the army?

3. What does Vic have with him?

4. What was Ray's life like after the war?

5. How does Lenny provoke Vince as they approach Dartford?

6. What big news did Susie tell Ray?

7. How does Lenny goad Vince in this chapter?

8. How did Vince think differently to Jack?

9. What fond memory does Ray have of his father?

10. How did Vince rebel against Jack?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a 500-word essay revolving around one of the following statements:

1) It was people's ability to travel and not music that changed society in the sixties.

2) The working class characters are often too cliche to have any real impact on the reader.

Essay Topic 2

Swift is said to have used Faulkner's As I Lay Dying as his model for Last Orders. Compare As I Lay Dying to the novel. What comparisons can be drawn between Last Orders and the As I Lay Dying? Why did Swift choose Faulkner's book as his model for Last Orders?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Vince's adoption affected one of the following areas in his life:

1) Work.

2) Social life.

3) Intimate relationships.

4) Family.

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