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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 makes the narrator think his dead baby is alive?

2. How much does a night with Candy on Queens Road cost?

3. Why did Schumann stop selling drugs?

4. How does the narrator realize he has an addiction?

5. Who does the narrator invite to his wedding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is freebasing?

2. Why is the narrator unreliable?

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

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

5. How does Candy get rid of crabs?

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

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

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

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

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

Where did the theme of addiction come into play in this book, and what message was sent through this theme?

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

What were the narrator's two loves, and how did he balance his need for both in his life?

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