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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. In chapter 21, who surrounds Rabo at the piano in the hotel lounge?
2. What did Kyle and Lyle use to get rid of the bubbles in the cave?
3. Who are Kyle and Lyle?
4. Where does Kilgore walk to after leaving the car and wading through the water?
5. Who is playing music while Dwayne is in the hotel at the beginning of Chapter 18?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does The Narrator state is the spiritual climax of the novel?
2. What is the parallel between Dwayne's irrelevant phrases and the narrative?
3. What is the book the driver describes having read that Kilgore realizes is one of his own novels about?
4. What does Dwayne do to Francine on his violent rampage?
5. How are Wayne and the reader similar to one another in Chapter 19?
6. What does Grace, Harry's wife, tell Harry he should do regarding his job at Dwayne's dealership?
7. Why does Patty Keene flirt with Dwayne while she serves him hamburgers?
8. What does The Narrator make note of in Chapter 17 about his and Bunny's mothers?
9. In Chapter 20, what does the desk clerk at the hotel say to Kilgore about his work?
10. What does The Narrator say about himself, Kilgore and Dwayne once they are all in the hotel lounge?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is Wayne looking at the people in the hotel lounge through the kitchen's peephole in Chapter 19 similar to exactly what the reader is doing with Breakfast of Champions? What are the events Wayne is watching? What is their significance? Insignificance? Support your answer with specific examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Who is The Narrator in Breakfast of Champions? The unnamed narrator claims to be a real person, but defies conventional literature and even physics at numerous points throughout the plot. What is his role within the novel? Using specific examples from the text, write a thesis explaining who you think The Narrator is within the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Throughout the novel, numerous coincidences are mentioned linking characters, places and events. Describe several of these coincidences and argue whether they are significant to the narrative, or trivial. How do they affect the narrative? How do they affect characters? Do they not affect anything at all? Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.
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