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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. Who sends bail money for Holly?

2. Who does Rusty marry?

3. What bad news does Holly hear that causes her to go into a rampage?

4. What does the new tenant have in common with Holly?

5. How do the newspapers describe O'Shaughnessy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joe Bell react to Holly leaving?

2. Why do Holly and the narrator have a fight that results in Holly kicking the narrator out of her apartment?

3. Why is the narrator suffering from the "mean reds" during his ride on the subway?

4. How has the narrator's and Holly's relationship matured?

5. Why is Holly still going to Brazil?

6. Why does Holly go to the library?

7. Why does the narrator pay special attention to the man hanging around Holly's mailbox?

8. What happens to Rusty and Mag during the Key West trip?

9. What reasons does Jose give for not marrying Holly?

10. Where do Holly and Jose go while Rusty and Mag are in the hospital, and how do the patients react?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Holly's relationship with the narrator to her relationship with Jose and/or Rusty Trawler. What are her motivations for obtaining and maintaining these relationships?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Capote's use of names to describe the personalities of the characters. What effect does this have on the story? Why does Capote choose to leave the narrator nameless?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Holly's power over men. How does she wield her power over the male characters in the novel? What does Holly want from these men, and what do they want from her?

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