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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 tell Candy they can do once they successfully detox?

2. Why does Candy move out of the warehouse?

3. Who lends the narrator money for heroin after his trip to the postal office?

4. How many times does the narrator shoot up while cooking?

5. What is Angelo's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the narrator feel while cooking?

3. What happens when Candy adopts Sam?

4. What does the narrator do in the postal office that gets him arrested?

5. What does an eagle symbolize to the narrator?

6. Why does the narrator think everything in his relationship will be OK after he gets stitches?

7. What does the boat dream symbolize?

8. What does Candy say when the narrator calls her from Sally's house, and what does the narrator think of this?

9. What does the narrator say insanity is?

10. Why do Carl and the narrator bond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might the author have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 3

How did Schumann die, and how did the narrator respond to this death?

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