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

2. What is a postal worker counting while the narrator is there?

3. How often does the narrator have to see a doctor during the methadone program?

4. Why does the narrator meet with Angelo?

5. Why does Candy get into a fight with the narrator after he meets with Angelo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does an eagle symbolize to the narrator?

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

3. Why does the narrator not think the boat dream refers to his drug use?

4. Why do Carl and the narrator bond?

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

6. What happens when Candy adopts Sam?

7. What does the narrator say insanity is?

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

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

10. What happens when the narrator meets the man in the BMW?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What changed for the narrator when he began cooking, and why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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