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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 Cornish know about Nora's romantic life?

2. In Chapter 2, Buddy loses his nerve when?

3. Before Buddy disappeared, what happened to his band?

4. What does Bellocq realize about how he treats Buddy?

5. In the pecking order of Robin's relationships, how does she regard Buddy in her life?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Buddy helpless? How?

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

3. What is the image of scrambling over barbed wire meant to portray?

4. In Chapter 2, how does Buddy act crazy?

5. What was unfortunate for Pickett in his fight with Buddy?

6. How does Buddy feel about coming back home?

7. How is generational conflict used in Chapter 2?

8. While photographing prostitutes, how involved is Bellocq in his work?

9. Is Bellocq unstable?

10. In his description of the fight with Pickett, how does Buddy interrupt himself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Buddy is not prone to violence. In prison, he abstains from the destructive behaviors of his peers. However, he does fantasize about violence. Discuss Buddy in relation to violence. How does he approach it? Why does he abstain but fantasize?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Buddy is obsessed with death. Throughout the book, the literal and figurative deaths play a large role in the shaping of characters and the narrative. Discuss the nature of death in "Coming Through Slaughter." What does it mean to Buddy? How does it shape the story? What is significant about death in the book?

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