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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before Tyrone and Harry get started on their business plans, what do they do with their money?
(a) Put it in the bank.
(b) Give some to Marion.
(c) Have one drink.
(d) Bug dime bags.

2. How does Arnold answer Marion's questions?
(a) Reluctantly.
(b) Arnold leaves in anger.
(c) Eagerly.
(d) Arnold won't answer Marion's questions.

3. What does Harry daydream about at Tyrone's apartment?
(a) Leaving the city.
(b) Helping Sara.
(c) Marrying Marion.
(d) Being wealthy.

4. What does Marion tell Arnold about her life?
(a) That she is getting married.
(b) That she is painting again.
(c) That she began running a coffee house.
(d) That she is desperate without his help.

5. Where do Tyrone and Harry consider finding work, as in a real job?
(a) Telemarketing for a cable company.
(b) Loading trucks with newspapers.
(c) Waiting tables at a diner.
(d) Selling space for a storage place.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Marion sits alone on her couch during Harry's first night at work, what time does she try to recapture?

2. What does Harry do while he waits for Tyrone to buy drugs?

3. What does Sara think of the job Ada did on her hair?

4. As Harry describes his mother to Marion, what does Marion think of Sara from Harry's description?

5. Why does Sara panic when she sees the clock after eating breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Tyrone and Harry able to function at work?

2. What is ironic about Harry's remark that "juice heads are too much, aren't they? They really have no class, no class at all"?

3. How do people around Harry and Tyrone try to escape?

4. Why does Harry want to buy Sara a television?

5. After Sara slides the key under the closet door, why does she refuse to emerge even as Harry rolls the television out of the door?

6. What does Sara not realize about her conversations with the refrigerator?

7. Why is Harry's daydream at Tyrone's apartment important to the theme of the novel?

8. What drugs is Sara abusing and how does her abuse affect her?

9. How do Tyrone and Harry view working at a regular job?

10. Why would Marion ask Arnold about his wife?

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