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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 Buddy do with his last dollar?

2. How is liquor handled in the barbershop?

3. What is Webb's primary concern about Buddy being missing?

4. When a band member was looking for Buddy, where was he hiding?

5. When Webb and Buddy were first friends, Webb was ____.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Buddy and Webb's dynamic change?

3. How do Buddy and Webb approach life differently?

4. What is thematically significant about Crawley's interview?

5. Is Buddy predictable? How so?

6. Is Buddy crazy?

7. What does Buddy's world look like?

8. Why do smart customers come to Buddy early?

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

10. What kind of performer is Buddy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the statement on humanity "Coming Through Slaughter" makes with its narrative and characters.

Essay Topic 2

Many of the primary characters in "Coming Through Slaughter" are musicians. Music weaves itself into all their lives and into the narrative. Discuss the use of music in the book and how it influences characters and the narrative.

Essay Topic 3

Buddy is concerned with not mimicking the failure of his musical ancestors but becoming greater than them. However, at the end, no one remembers him. Discuss the theme of the battle of generations in "Coming Through Slaughter."

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