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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. When do the narrator and Candy always promise to stop drugs?

2. Why is the narrator so happy for Casper to move in with him?

3. How does the narrator describe his detox experience?

4. What does the narrator miss about his days when he first started taking heroin?

5. How many stitches does the narrator need after Candy hits him with something?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does the narrator take a tram?

4. What kinds of things did Candy do after the narrator went to Sydney?

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

6. What does the narrator say insanity is?

7. What happens when Candy adopts Sam?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 2

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

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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