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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 the name of the parochial school the narrator went to as a kid?

2. What is Cody's wife's name?

3. Who does Cody remind the narrator of?

4. What time does the narrator wake up in the part in Chapter 30?

5. Who does the narrator call in London in Chapter 30?

Short Essay Questions

1. What childhood memory returns to Jack in Chapter 22?

2. Where does Perry take Jack in Chapter 28? What is his experience there?

3. Where does the group stop on their way to the cabin in Chapter 33? Why?

4. What does Jack suggest to Billie regarding their relationship in Chapter 31?

5. What does Cody propose to Jack in Chapter 24 regarding Willamine?

6. What events trigger Jack's agitation in Chapter 21?

7. Who arrives at the cabin in the beginning of Chapter 23?

8. How does Jack react to Dave's return from fishing and happy demeanor in Chapter 35?

9. What leads Jack to go for Cody's suggestion in Chapter 24?

10. Who visits Jack in Chapter 30? What do they do together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of David Wain and Arthur Ma. How do these characters relate to one another? What are their differences in relationship to the narrator?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Lorenzo Monsanto and Ben Fagan. How are these two characters similar in their friendship with the protagonist? How do they differ?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of "isolation" in Big Sur. How does this theme contrast that of "fame?" How do these juxtapositions create conflict in the hero?

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