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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 Mr. Teat buy Patrick in Chapter 9?

2. Where does Patrick sing in Chapter 24?

3. Silky String is what customer of Patrick's?

4. In Chapter 10, what store do Patrick and Charlie often go to?

5. What did Patrick's brother bring home from Africa?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Father Bernard lose his passion?

2. In Chapter 29, why does Patrick go searching behind the creamery?

3. In Chapter 24, what does Patrick begin to do at a hotel in the morning?

4. What do Patrick and Terence talk about in Chapter 27?

5. What does Patrick do when he visits the church in Chapter 17?

6. Why do Charlie and Patrick discuss glam rock in Chapter 10?

7. What do Patrick and Charlie do when Patrick moves in, in Chapter 14?

8. Why does Bert leave Patrick?

9. What happens when Irwin goes with other IRA members to kill Mr. Anderson?

10. What happens to the soldiers in Belfast in Chapter 28?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Mulvey's a place where this novel comes to a climax? Why did the author choose this location? How does Mulvey's affect Patrick?

Essay Topic 2

How does Patrick's gender confusion develop his character? How does it affect his relationships with other people? When is his gender confusion helpful to him and when does it harm him? Why do you think the author had Patrick deal with issues of gender confusion?

Essay Topic 3

What type of narrator is Patrick? Why did the author choose to tell the story from his point of view? Is Patrick reliable or not? Use examples from the text to support your opinions and explain what impact Patrick as a narrator had on the novel.

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