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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 Cubitt drink in Part 6, Chapter 1?

2. What response does Rose give to Pinkie about the idea of marriage?

3. What is Cubitt's reaction to Pinkie's admission of killing Spicer in Part 5, Chapter 5?

4. Where is Pinkie as Ida leaves the boarding house in Part 7, Chapter 2?

5. What does Rose accuse Pinkie of in Part 5, Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where and how does Pinkie tell Rose about his plan in Part 7, Chapter 7?

2. Why does Pinkie visit Mr. Prewitt in Part 7, Chapter 3?

3. Where is Pinkie as Ida talks with Rose in Part 7, Chapter 2, and how does Rose tell him about Ida's visit?

4. Why does Cubitt go to the Cosmopolitan and who does he meet first there?

5. What does Ida tell Phil about her adventure in Part 7, Chapter 6?

6. How are Pinkie and Rose married?

7. What does Ida tell Rose in Part 7, Chapter 1, and how does she respond?

8. Why is Pinkie becoming more aggressive and paranoid in Part 5, Chapter 1?

9. How does Pinkie ask Rose to marry him?

10. How does Ida have the chance to talk with Rose in Part 4, Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pinkie and Colleoni have two very different styles of leadership.

1) Describe the events that caused Pinkie to become the leader of a gang in Brighton.

2) Explain Colleoni's situation and what he is trying to do in Brighton.

3) Analyze the differences between Pinkie and Colleoni as gang leaders, their view of each other, the two offers that Colleoni makes to Pinkie, and his responses.

Essay Topic 2

Rose is a key character throughout the book for many reasons.

1) Describe Rose's character, her background, and the role it could have in her decisions.

2) Explain Rose's view of life and how she considers her relationship with Pinkie.

3) Analyze any changes that take place for Rose's character and her decision to live at the end of the book.

Essay Topic 3

Explain three examples of how drinking is depicted in the book, the messages Greene might be trying to deliver with it, and which characters are involved with drinking the most and why.

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