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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 helps Candy after she loses her baby?

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

3. Where is the special heroin from in Chapter 1?

4. What does the narrator think of Schumann's death?

5. What is Nick's nickname?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the narrator repeat over and over in the Prologue, and why?

3. What causes Candy to change her career?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Candy and the narrator support their heroin addiction, and how do these methods affect their relationship for both good and bad?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Dishonesty was a vice that a number of characters were burdened with. Which characters were most affected by this, and why?

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