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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 James feel once Leonard is gone?

2. Which authorities want James to spend a long time in jail and do not want a plea bargain?

3. What rises within James as he sits with the glass of alcohol in front of him?

4. What does James receive when he talks to Joanne about his moment of clarity in the woods?

5. What does James ask the bartender to do with the glass of alcohol?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does James recall about fear as he is frightened and walks out into the woods?

2. What does Leonard ask of James when he walks him out of the Clinic?

3. What does Lilly tell James about his parents and about being thankful for them?

4. Describe Matty Jackson, another patient in the clinic with James and Leonard.

5. What do James' parents confess happened to James when he was a child?

6. Why does James wake up in the middle of the night at the beginning of Chapter 12?

7. What does James do at the bar at the end of the story?

8. What is the simple moral of Leonard's story about his family and about how he came to be at the clinic?

9. What does Randall reveal to James about his legal troubles?

10. When will James have User Dreams, according to Lincoln?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When James' brother and his friends visit James in the clinic, James is affected deeply by their interactions.

Part 1: Describe the scene in which James receives a visit from his brother and his brother's friends.

Part 2: What do James' brother and friends bring with them to give to James?

Part 3: How does this visit affect James? What does he do as a result of their visit?

Essay Topic 2

At times, the idea of addiction seems to be glamorized in this novel, showing the reader just how 'cool' some people think it is to be a drug addict.

Part 1: List three examples of glamorization of drug use in this story.

Part 2: What are the reactions to these glamorization instances in this story? How do the characters react?

Part 3: Does it seem that Frey, the author, believes drugs are glamorous? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The Tao Te Ching becomes an important part of James' own path to recovery. This text has been used in many clinics since, and has offered comfort and guidance to those who read it.

Part 1: What is the Tao Te Ching? Describe this book and its contents.

Part 2: Why is this book so important to James as he is managing his recovery?

Part 3: What does this book has to offer the addict who reads it? Why does this book work for James?

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