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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 are Tommy and the chef discussing as Sally approaches them in Chapter 1?

2. Where is Tommy walking to in the beginning of Chapter 10?

3. What does Sally tell Tommy to get while Skinny is stabbing Freddy?

4. Why does Harvey claim that he cannot pay Sally in Chapter 2?

5. How long is the chef told he will have to wait to get on the Methadone program in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. What upsets Sally during his meeting with Danny in Chapter 13?

2. What happens when the chef brings drugs back to the restaurant in Chapter 15?

3. How does the coroner react to the body found in the Prologue?

4. What do Al and Harvey talk about in Chapter 4?

5. What happens with Tommy and the chef at the restaurant in Chapter 6?

6. How does the chef try to get away from the police in Chapter 7 and what happens to him?

7. What is the description of Sally Wig and how is he related to Tommy Pagana?

8. As Tommy reflects in Chapter 10, what happened the last time he did a favor for Sally?

9. How does Harvey respond to the incident with Sally in Chapter 3?

10. What questions does Tommy have about a van that is parked outside of his apartment in Chapter 20?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Al's meetings with Tommy, his intentions in talking to Tommy, how Tommy responds, and the way Bourdain develops both characters with the meetings. Include any differences and/or similarities between Al's meetings with Tommy and Al's meetings with the chef.

Essay Topic 2

In a moment of weakness, Tommy has an affair with Stephanie while Cheryl is out of town.

1) Describe the events leading up to the affair and how Tommy initially tries to reject Stephanie.

2) Explain Tommy's situation at that point in the book, and how much it influenced Tommy's decision to have the affair.

3) Analyze what you think Bourdain was attempting to accomplish by having Tommy show this side of himself, and whether you think he was successful or not.

Essay Topic 3

Choose three examples of foreshadowing from Bone in the Throat and describe each one in detail. Also, provide an analysis of how and why Bourdain uses foreshadowing, and the characters that his use of the technique involve.

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