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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 is Nick's nickname?

2. Where is the special heroin from in Chapter 1?

3. What is the name of the other man in the foursome?

4. What color is Candy's wedding dress?

5. What is the title of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator notice that Candy has Hepatitis?

2. How do Candy and the narrator make money while living in Melbourne?

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

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

5. What job does Candy take in Melbourne, and how does the narrator feel about it?

6. What does the narrator do while Candy is working at the brothel in East Melbourne?

7. Why is the narrator unreliable?

8. What happens when the narrator's friends confront Dirty Julie about her tainted stash?

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

10. Why does the narrator only get to meet Lucy once?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What changed for the narrator when he began cooking, and why?

Essay Topic 2

Dishonesty was a vice that a number of characters were burdened with. Which characters were most affected by this, and why?

Essay Topic 3

What happens to Candy when she comes off of heroin, and why? How does the narrator respond to this?

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