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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. Why does Dirty Julie get angry with the narrator's friends?

2. Who does the narrator invite to his wedding?

3. How long does the narrator think it takes to detox?

4. What does the narrator buy from Nick?

5. What do Candy and her new husband do on their wedding night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What excuse does the narrator give for falling asleep at his wedding reception?

2. What does the narrator repeat over and over in the Prologue, and why?

3. What is the title of Chapter 2, and what does it mean?

4. How does O'Brien get Candy to use heroin after she tries to quit?

5. How does the narrator trick his friends after seeing Dirty Julie?

6. What is freebasing?

7. How does the theft of the wallet affect the narrator later in his life?

8. What is the narrator arrested for while Candy is in the hospital with Hepatitis?

9. Why is the narrator unreliable?

10. Why does the narrator fall asleep at his wedding, and what do others think of this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Schumann die, and how did the narrator respond to this death?

Essay Topic 2

What were the narrator's two loves, and how did he balance his need for both in his life?

Essay Topic 3

What is the boat dream, and what does it mean? How does the narrator respond to this dream?

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