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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 the narrator realize the purpose of the note from F. is in Chapter 30 of "A History of Them All"?

2. What plan does F. use to lose weight and gain muscle in Chapter 29 of "A History of Them All"?

3. Where are F. and the narrator driving to in the car scene?

4. What does F. do with the narrator the night Edith dies?

5. What has happened to the narrator's bowels by Chapter 13 of "A History of Them All"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator say is proof that he and Edith loved each other in Chapter 25 of "The History of Them All"?

2. How does the narrator feel about the group of men who raped Edith?

3. What happens to the young brave who was to marry Catherine?

4. What does the narrator pray to god for in Chapter 13 of "The History of Them All"?

5. What does the narrator remember about Edith in Chapter 7 of "The History of Them All"?

6. Why does the narrator call the DJ on the radio in Chapter 30 of "The History of Them All"?

7. What does the narrator think about to distract himself from the reading that depresses him?

8. How is the red wine spilling on the table cloth disruptive like Catherine's own presence?

9. The novel was written in the 1960s. How do the contents of the novel relate to that time?

10. Describe how Catherine Tekakwitha desires to be baptized.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the relationship of Catherine and her uncle contribute to the overall theme of sexuality of the novel Beautiful Losers?

Essay Topic 2

What happens when Edith is raped by a group of men? Why does the narrator justify her rape?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the intimacy of F. and Edith and the intimacy of the men and women of the tribe.

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