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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 is a heroin drought?

2. What does Candy like to do at Albert Lake Park?

3. Where does the narrator have a funeral for his baby?

4. Why does Dirty Julie get angry with the narrator's friends?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What excuse does the narrator give for falling asleep at his wedding reception?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

Essay Topic 2

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 3

Carl was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence- however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if he had not been in the book at all?

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