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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 pill does Sara take in addition to her diet pills?

2. What is the reaction of Sara and her friends when Harry brings her the television?

3. Where do Harry and Tyrone feed their habit at the end of the year?

4. Who does not feel the weight of the act that Marion will do with Big Tim?

5. After weeks on the diet pills, what makes Sara happy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Harry feel about his mom after their visit in Chapter 3, Part 32?

2. How does Harry make the pain of seeing his mother go away?

3. What feeling comprises Sara's life in the hospital?

4. What is ironic about Harry's new state of addiction after his drug business collapses?

5. What happens at the McDick Corporation concerning Sara?

6. How does Sara's situation in the hospital elicit sympathy from readers?

7. How does heroin influence Harry's reality as he television shops?

8. How severe is Sara's drug addiction as she continues her drug abuse?

9. How is the doctor who prescribed Sara's diet pills hurting her?

10. How are Harry and Tyrone quickly deteriorating as they head south?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What describes Harry and Tyrone's relationship when they are in jail together?

Essay Topic 2

How does this novel deal with an important issue in society? What is its greatest comment on the society in which it is based?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the novel's title. Why would two words ("requiem" and "dream") with such seemingly opposite meanings be in the title together?

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