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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 Milo describe as a one man show?

2. What is the name of the receptionist at Adam and Eve Messenger Service?

3. What item is found in the motel room that leads Milo and Alex to Adam and Eve Messenger Service?

4. What is Milo's partner Rick's profession?

5. What pattern is on Raoul's tie when Alex first goes to meet with him about Woody?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Alex describe Raoul's world as "madness"?

2. Why does Bev initially keep the information about the affair between Nona and Augie a secret?

3. What leads Beverly to immediately conclude that Milo is a cop even though she has not met him and he's not in uniform?

4. How does Augie react to Milo's questioning him about the Touch and Nona Swopes?

5. Why does Doug Carmichael keep his job with Adam and Eve Messenger Service a secret?

6. What is Raoul's office like?

7. How does Beverly describe Woody?

8. How were the bodies of the Swopes found?

9. Why does Milo say that Robin's trip to Japan puts Alex's and Robin's relationship in a new perspective?

10. Why does Moody approach Alex in the parking lot of the court house after his hearing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Nona choose to exert her parental rights over Woody at the time of his illness? What does this reveal about her? What is her relationship with Woody like at the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

What is Milo's and Alex's friendship like? Why is it important to the development of the characters? How does the friendship affect the plot?

Essay Topic 3

How does the relationship between Raoul and Alex change as the novel progresses? What causes the change? How does Alex feel about Raoul at the end of the novel? Why?

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