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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator want to go to Thailand?
(a) To get cheap drugs.
(b) To get away from his life.
(c) To show Candy a good time.
(d) To feel successful.

2. Who gives the narrator and Candy money to buy property together?
(a) O'Brien.
(b) The bank.
(c) The government.
(d) Candy's parents.

3. What does the narrator do when he gets home after getting stitches?
(a) Makes love to Candy.
(b) Starts looking for a job.
(c) Shoots up heroin.
(d) Cleans the house.

4. How much money does the narrator make from David?
(a) $90.
(b) $80.
(c) $70.
(d) $100.

5. How many siblings does the narrator have?
(a) 0.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sally's occupation?

2. What does Candy tell her mother she has had since being a teen?

3. How often does the narrator have to see a doctor during the methadone program?

4. Who gets the narrator high when he quits his detoxing?

5. What does the narrator ask for while getting his stitches?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator prove that he takes his methadone as directed?

2. What surprises the narrator most when he visits Candy at the hospital after his stay with Sally?

3. What does an eagle symbolize to the narrator?

4. What does the narrator feel swallowed up by in Chapter 14?

5. What do Candy and the narrator do to try and get through detoxing?

6. What happens when Candy adopts Sam?

7. What happens when the narrator meets the man in the BMW?

8. What does the narrator say detox is like?

9. What does Candy say when the narrator calls her from Sally's house, and what does the narrator think of this?

10. Why does the narrator not think the boat dream refers to his drug use?

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