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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. How does Schumann die?

2. What does Mason say ruined his crop?

3. What kind of scam did the narrator once run?

4. Where does the narrator hide his secret stash?

5. How does Colin first talk to Candy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does the narrator think Schumann is generous?

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

9. What happens to the narrator during the drought?

10. How did drug use change Schumann's life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Candy and the narrator support their heroin addiction, and how do these methods affect their relationship for both good and bad?

Essay Topic 2

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Goals and the sacrifce needed to achieve goals was a major theme in this book. What are some of the main examples of this theme, and how did it affect the course of the plot.

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