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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. Where does Eily decide to leave her baby?

2. What does Patrick do to Vicky at the end of Chapter 47?

3. What did Patrick paint on his face in Chapter 50?

4. Where does Patrick go in Chapter 38?

5. Whom does Brendan begin to talk with in Chapter 54?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Patrick describe Charlie's ability to move on in Chapter 55?

2. What does Patrick discover about Charlie when he returns to Tyreelin?

3. What does Patrick reveal to Louise in Chapter 31?

4. What do the detectives think about Patrick's outburst in Chapter 42?

5. How does Charlie react to the news about Squire in Chapter 55?

6. In Chapter 54, what makes Patrick so angry and how does he respond?

7. What does Patrick hallucinate in Chapter 44?

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

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

10. What hallucination does Patrick have in Chapter 41?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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