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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 Charles say kept buzzing in his head when he went home to sleep after a night out in the fifties?

2. What does Bill ask Charlie to buy him?

3. What does Scott say shows the beauty of a great man's work?

4. What does Karen say parents do when one shows belief?

5. What does Brita take from Bill's work room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Karen think of her parents?

2. What does Brita think is special about the writer's face?

3. What does Maureen joke that is the only reason there are so few American faces?

4. How does Scott become acquainted with Karen?

5. What does Moon think about the faces looking at him?

6. How does Karen describe Andy Warhol?

7. Why does Scott say that he tells Bill what he does?

8. Why does Brita say she can't talk seriously in cars?

9. What does Bill say binds terrorists and writers?

10. What has happened to Bill in Chapter Eight?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the book's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas?

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

Essay Topic 3

Examine the book's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1970s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the book if it was set in today's society?

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