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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 Mark tell Helen to do?

2. What does Randy hear when he is awakened from his bed shaking?

3. What kind of music does Florence like to listen to?

4. What does Bill McGovern call Randy when he goes in the living room?

5. How many supermarket carts does Randy fill?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the bank when it gets low on money and what does Edgar do about it?

2. Who barges in on Randy after he returns home from his errands in town and what does she say?

3. Who's the second person to stop in at Randy's house after he returned from town?

4. Who is James Cobb and what is he doing for the Air Force?

5. What does Bill McGovern say to Randy about his warning from Mark?

6. What does Edgar Quisenberry do and how does he feel about it?

7. What does Helen ask Admiral Hazzard and why?

8. What wakes Randy in the beginning of Chapter 5?

9. What does Randy think of Florence at the beginning of the book?

10. How does Florence know Randy and what does she think of him in the beginning of the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Edgar Quisenberry is in denial, believing he has enough cash and the bank enough staying power to make it through. Pride and arrogance stop him from limiting withdrawals as his teller suggests.

1. Why do you think someone would withdraw into a delusion when afraid?

2. Describe a time when you or someone you know denied a situation because of fear.

3. Do you think if you had been in the situation when the bombs dropped you might go into denial? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

When Randy meets Mark at McCoy the political situation is bad. The brothers realize they may never see each other again and Randy stops in sorrow on the way home.

1. Why do you think Mark is not coming to Fr. Repose with his family?

2. If you were Mark, would you do what he is doing or would you come to Ft. Repose with your family? Why or why not?

3. How would you feel if you saw a member of your family at an airport and knew you would probably never see that person again?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 1 it may seem that Randy is a developing alcoholic but he says as long as he just enjoys but doesn't crave, he's okay.

1. Do you think people can't be alcoholics if they don't think they are? Why or why not?

2. What do you think are the symptoms of alcoholism?

3. Do you think if someone has a drink in the morning that makes him/her an alcoholic? Why or why not?

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