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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. How does Henry immediately feel about Lydia Vance?

2. Why does Henry get angry at Joanna in Chapter 56?

3. What do Henry and Lydia fight about after Lydia introduces her sister to Henry's friend?

4. What is the name of the woman that Henry sleeps with after his reading in Chapter 31?

5. How do Henry and Tammie celebrate their impending trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Henry do at the college in Chapter 7?

2. Why does Lydia call Henry in Chapter 45?

3. Describe Henry's encounter in Chapter 10.

4. What happens while Henry is in Arkansas in Chapter 8?

5. Who is Mindy, and how does Henry meet her?

6. Where does Henry go in Chapter 30, and what happens there?

7. How does Henry's relationship with Tammie develop?

8. What happens when Lydia's sister visits in Chapter 22, and why does this cause a fight between Henry and Lydia?

9. What happens between Henry and Dee Dee Bronson in Chapters 17 through 20?

10. Why do Henry and Lydia fight in Chapter 25, and what is their fight about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Lydia and Sara. How are their relationships with Henry similar and different?

Essay Topic 2

How does the first person point-of-view enhance and inhibit the story? How would the novel be different if a different point of view were used?

Essay Topic 3

How are the different symbols (Henry's apartment, the sculpture of Henry's head, etc.) used throughout the novel to represent abstract concepts? Detail and explain how the symbols are used to describe certain abstract concepts and which concepts they describe.

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