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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 name does Patrick give himself as leader of the IRA group in Chapter 39?

2. Who is Patrick in Chapter 44?

3. What word does Patrick tell Terence he hates in Chapter 31?

4. What does Patrick do with all the clothes he wore as a prostitute?

5. What is Patrick drinking in Chapter 54?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Patrick spend his days in Chapter 56?

2. What happens when Patrick is taken in by police in Chapter 38?

3. What happens when Pat McGrane crosses the border in Chapter 45?

4. How is Patrick able to get close to Vicky in Chapter 47?

5. What does Patrick write about in Chapter 32?

6. What hallucination does Patrick have in Chapter 41?

7. What do the detectives think of Patrick in Chapter 40?

8. What happens when Patrick goes to see Terence in Chapter 56?

9. In Chapter 36, what does Patrick do in West End?

10. Chapter 33, how does Patrick describe Eily's decision after finding how she was pregnant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how Patrick is looking for a caregiver in "Breakfast on Pluto". What type of caregiver is he seeking? How does he look for this person and what are the results?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Patrick searches for love throughout this novel. What is Patrick's definition of love? Use examples from the text to support your definition. How does Patrick's version of love compare to the definitions of love that other characters have? How does Patrick's meaning of love affect him?

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