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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 do the Mexican kids take from Dave?

2. What does Dave do before the girl can tell the story to anyone else?

3. Where do Dave and Meredith go after the bar?

4. What does Dave want to join?

5. Where did Beth and Dave promise not to take their mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Dave struggle with the memory of his parents in Chapter 4?

2. Why does Dave think it is important to go to the gym?

3. What is wrong with Dave's mother at the beginning of Chapter 1?

4. What does Dave do during the nights?

5. Why does Dave call a nurse rather than take his mother to the hospital?

6. Describe Dave's father's funeral.

7. How do the police deal with Dave's stolen wallet in Chapter 5?

8. Describe Dave's search for his wallet.

9. Summarize Chapter 3.

10. Give an example of Dave and Toph's being late.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Dave's obsession with death.

1) How does Dave's obsession with death affect the people around him?

2) How does Dave's obsession with death affect his life in general?

3) In what way can Dave use his obsession with death in a positive way?

Essay Topic 2

What major events had a profound effect on Eggers' life and how did they change him? What does Eggers still have to learn by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss with the students first person point of view. Why do the students think first person point of view is not necessarily reliable? What moments in the book do the students think are not so reliable and why? With the students, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using the first person point of view.

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