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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. Whom does Catherine appear to after her death and several other times as well in Chapter 22 of "A Long Letter from F."?

2. What happens just before the narrator reaches his maximum pleasure in Chapter 47 of "A History of Them All"?

3. What does the narrator find of Edith's that surprises him in Chapter 44?

4. Who is cured from gout in 1696 after praying to Catherine Tekakwitha?

5. How does Edith pleasure F. in "A Long Letter from F."?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does F. find in Mary Voolnd's private part?

2. What does the narrator do in Chapter 52 at the end of "The History of Them All"?

3. What is the first miraculous event to have occurred after Catherine's death?

4. Describe several instances of when Catherine healed or saved the sick or injured.

5. What does Catherine's mistress and priest try to convince her of when she gets upriver?

6. What does the narrator find in Edith's drawer as she and F. are shooting heroin?

7. What happens to Mary Voolnd?

8. What does F. fear he did to the narrator in "A Long Letter from F"?

9. What is Catherine's uncle's request of Catherine before he dies?

10. Where does F. drag the narrator to when he wakes him from his sleep in Chapter 47 of "The History of Them All"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how the literal and physical state in which the narrator lives is like his own hell? What motifs recur to make this connection?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the enumerate miracles that ensued among the sick or injured after Catherine's death.

Essay Topic 3

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

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