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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. Who gives Candy a lot of money when she starts dating the narrator?

2. Why is Candy delivered so early?

3. What disease does Candy get in Chapter 10?

4. What is Mason's favorite drug?

5. What is a heroin drought?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator think about while his wife is in labor with their first child?

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

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

4. What causes Candy to change her career?

5. What is freebasing?

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

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

8. Why is the narrator unreliable?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Goals and the sacrifce needed to achieve goals was a major theme in this book. What are some of the main examples of this theme, and how did it affect the course of the plot.

Essay Topic 2

What happens to Candy when she comes off of heroin, and why? How does the narrator respond to this?

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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