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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 does John have done at hospital in this chapter?

2. Who does Dave not want to see on a regular basis?

3. What does Sari write about?

4. Which band's music accompanied Beth as she walked down the aisle?

5. What does the answer to #118 threaten to use to kill himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dave do for the front cover of the first issue?

2. How does the Real Show eventually help Dave to promote the Might magazine?

3. What happens to Shalini in Chapter 9?

4. Why is the apartment not a good place to live?

5. What does Dave start in Chapter 6?

6. What happens to John in this chapter?

7. How is Dave's situation changing in Chapter 8?

8. How does Dave deal with John in Chapter 7?

9. Describe Dave's meeting with Sarah in Chapter 10.

10. What does Dave do in Chicago in Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the structure of the book.

1) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's ideas?

2) Examine the way Eggers uses other people in the story to express his ideas.

Essay Topic 2

How does Dave's obsession with death affect his life? How does he get over his obsession?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Dave's influence on Toph.

1) What is Dave's philosophy about how to bring up Toph?

2) How would Dave change how he brought up Toph if he could do it again?

3) How different would Toph's life have been if he had lived with another one of his siblings?

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