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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 disease does Candy get in Chapter 10?

2. Where does the narrator hide his secret stash?

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

4. Where does the narrator hide heroin while helping Mason?

5. How many credit cards are in the stolen wallet?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is a coke test?

3. Why does the narrator think Schumann is generous?

4. Why does the narrator say he ruined Candy's life?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does the narrator trick his friends after seeing Dirty Julie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the process of detox and the effects of it on the people going through it. Please cite excerpts from the book to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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