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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 is William English's religious affiliation?

2. Why does Ed like to have Al stationed at the Apollo Hotel?

3. To what does William English belong in Gibbsville?

4. How many people belong to this group?

5. What do most people drink during this Prohibition Era?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the disconnect between William and Julian?

2. Who are the principal managers of the Stage Coach Inn?

3. What effects does alcoholism have on Julian's life?

4. Explain the inner workings of status in the mob.

5. How does Julian's cycle of alcohol abuse exhibit on this fateful night?

6. What does Al do with his life after leaving prison?

7. Who is Ed Charney?

8. Who is Al Grecco?

9. Why is Gibbsville not enjoying the boom time with the rest of America in 1930?

10. Explain how alcohol can be both a positive and a negative for Ed Charney.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Money and status are very important to the characters in the novel. Choose at least three characters and cite how each one works to maintain a certain lifestyle or achieve a certain lifestyle.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Caroline. Do you think she is happy being married to Julian? Or was marriage just an inevitable path for women in the 1920s? Do you think she is pleased with her choice or just making the best of a difficult situation? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

When Harry Reilly learns of Julian's suicide he says to himself, "He was a real gentleman. I wonder what in God's name would make him do something like that?" Explain the irony of Harry Reilly's response upon hearing of Julian's suicide.

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