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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 tone is Truth 4 told in?

2. What is the narrator sent to jail for after his trip to the postal office?

3. What does Candy experience during detox?

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

5. Why does the narrator stop wearing a watch?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What job does Candy think the narrator should take in Chapter 13, and why?

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

4. What is the narrator's favorite childhood memory?

5. How does the narrator feel while cooking?

6. Why does Kay kick the narrator out of her house?

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

8. What does the narrator ask for at the hospital while getting stitches, and how does the doctor reply?

9. What happens when Candy adopts Sam?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Shame and propriety are common themes throughout this book. What are some of the instances where these themes are present, and why are they so important to the characters involved?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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