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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 much does Colin bring every time he meets with Candy?

2. What does Candy promise to do when she goes to Melbourne?

3. How is the narrator injured when Dirty Julie gets angry with his friends?

4. What does Candy like to do at Albert Lake Park?

5. How does Candy get her wedding dress to be the color she wanted?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the narrator during the drought?

2. Why does the narrator think Schumann is generous?

3. What causes Candy to change her career?

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

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

6. How does Candy get rid of crabs?

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

8. Why does the narrator go to the Cockatoo Club, and what happens to him there?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 2

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might the author have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

What does the narrator see as the major turning point in his drug addiction, and what brought him to this point?

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