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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 does the narrator call his needle scars?

2. What does the narrator consider his job?

3. Where is the narrator in his important dream?

4. How many days does the narrator last during detox?

5. What is Angelo's nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator take a tram?

2. Why do Carl and the narrator bond?

3. What does the narrator feel swallowed up by in Chapter 14?

4. How does the narrator prove that he takes his methadone as directed?

5. What do Candy and the narrator do to try and get through detoxing?

6. What does the narrator use his Femoral vein for, and what does this indicate?

7. What happens when Candy adopts Sam?

8. What does the narrator say detox is like?

9. What happens when Candy adopts Willy?

10. What surprises the narrator most when he visits Candy at the hospital after his stay with Sally?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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