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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 Theresa ask Gary to do after they are intimate?

2. What indignity does the suspect suffer on New Year's Eve?

3. What makes Gary decide to hit Theresa with an object?

4. How does the English professor react when Theresa tells him about her pain?

5. How does Theresa's scar make her feel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Theresa's relationship with Katherine as a child.

2. Describe Theresa's English professor.

3. What, other than a ride, does Gary pick up while hitchhiking. Why is it important?

4. Why does Gary tell police he became so angry with Theresa? How does he react when he gets mad at her?

5. How does Theresa learn her relationship with Martin will end upon graduation and how does she react to the news?

6. Discuss the essay Martin challenges Theresa to write and the one she actually submits as her final project.

7. Discuss the role Theresa's scar plays in her sexual relationship with Martin.

8. Discuss how Gary is teased by George and Theresa in "The Confession."

9. Discuss the evolution of one coffee break with Martin and Theresa.

10. Discuss Gary's attraction to Theresa and why he was excited to be invited back to her apartment.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Theresa to her two sisters. Consider their personalities and physical characteristics.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the era in which Looking for Mr. Goodbar is set. Why was this novel controversial for its time? What important social issues does it address?

Essay Topic 3

Write a character description of Theresa. Was she the a major or minor character? Protagonist or antagonist? Support your answer with specific evidence form the story.

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