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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who or what killed Nora's mother?
(a) Buddy.
(b) A boa.
(c) A stranger.
(d) Nora's father.

2. Buddy is with Nora until ____ PM.
(a) Eleven.
(b) Six.
(c) Eight.
(d) Ten.

3. What time is Buddy usually drunk by?
(a) Midnight.
(b) 4 PM.
(c) Noon.
(d) 8 AM.

4. How does Webb find Buddy's music?
(a) Too coarse.
(b) Very beautiful.
(c) Too confusing.
(d) Too generic.

5. When Nora's mother visits, how does she die?
(a) She is strangled.
(b) She drowns.
(c) In a fire.
(d) She falls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lewis observe Buddy puts into his numbers?

2. What is Buddy's plan at the end of Chapter 1?

3. Lewis admires Buddy's ______.

4. Buddy remembers the first morning on the boat and seeing Robin half naked fetching _____.

5. Where did Buddy and Webb work when they were young?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Buddy's hands in Chapter 1?

2. What is Buddy's relationship with Nora like?

3. Does Buddy know or care about how his actions affect people?

4. What do Buddy and Webb have in common? In what ways do they approach life similarly?

5. How did Buddy become obsessed with death?

6. Why do smart customers come to Buddy early?

7. What is the effect of Ondaatje's sentence structures?

8. How does Webb feel about Buddy's music?

9. What about Buddy's disappearance is confusing for Nora?

10. How do Buddy and Webb approach life differently?

(see the answer keys)

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