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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. Where does the girl work during the day?

2. Who does the narrator call at the end of Chapter 2?

3. What does the narrator put in his morning coffee?

4. The narrator's students nicknamed him Professor ___________.

5. What is the name of the girl to whom the narrator was engaged?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of gifts does the narrator get from the newspaper staff for his birthday?

2. What is the narrator's first experience like with the girl?

3. What is the narrator's relationship like with his housekeeper?

4. What is the narrator's economic situation?

5. What is the current occupation of the narrator?

6. How does the narrator describe the editor of the newspaper?

7. What happens when the narrator goes to turn in his resignation at the newspaper?

8. Why won't the editor let the narrator resign from writing his column?

9. What happens when the narrator is the honored guest at a concert? What does he remember most from the evening?

10. What evidence does the narrator give of how he is aging?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is the narrator in love with the girl's body, or is there some deeper meaning to their relationship for the narrator? Is there something from the narrator's past that explains his obsession with this girl? Provide quotes and examples from the book to support your statements.

Essay Topic 2

What does the narrator remember when he returns to the part of town where his father used to work? What does this memory illuminate about the narrator and the choices he made throughout his life?

Essay Topic 3

What qualities does the narrator embody both as a character and as a narrator of the story? What makes him a reliable or unreliable narrator?

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