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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. How long did Candy run her scam with the narrator?

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

4. Where is this book set?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Candy get rid of crabs?

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

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

5. What happens to the narrator during the drought?

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

7. Why is the narrator unreliable?

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

9. What happens when Keith wants to spend a night with Candy?

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

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

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

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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