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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 the narrator stay in contact with Lester?

2. What does the narrator agree to help Mason with?

3. How does the narrator describe his life in the Prologue?

4. Who introduces Candy to heroin?

5. Why did Schumann stop selling drugs?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Candy respond to the death of Schumann?

8. What is a coke test?

9. What do Candy, Lex and the narrator do while they are together in Melbourne?

10. How does the narrator profit from the stolen wallet?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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