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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 indicates to Frank that he should leave his current location?

2. Where does Bobby's dream take place?

3. Who is Frankie?

4. Why does Candy hunt for animals near his home?

5. Who does Candy ask Violet about when he returns from being outside?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bobby say to Julie to reassure her that she is a good person?

2. What does Frank find when he wakes up in the car?

3. What does Frank do after he jumps out of the window of the abandoned apartment complex and what does he hope to learn?

4. What does Julie say to Rasmussen when she gets the chance to interview him?

5. How does Frank feel in Chapter eleven and what doe she do because of this feeling?

6. What is Candy appalled to learn from Violet?

7. What happens when Frank opens up the door to the abandoned car he finds and what does this cause to happen?

8. What is Candy doing when he leaves his house and what part is he doing to please his mother?

9. How does Frank try to rationalize his inability to sleep and then what does he eventually admit is the true reason for this inability?

10. What does Candy do with a woman that is the same as what he used to do with his own mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the author portray power in the novel? Do you feel this was an accurate representation? Was power necessary for success? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways did the author foreshadow events throughout the novel? Was the foreshadowing effective? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the character of Doc Fogarty. In what ways is this character in line with the traditional image of a doctor? In what ways does he contradict the traditional image of a doctor?

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