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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. How many scars does Pickett have on his face?

2. What does Bellocq think Buddy does?

3. At the diner party, after the food fight with Robin, Buddy describes his retreat as what?

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

5. Buddy used to convince ______ to pose for Bellocq.

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Buddy considerate of Jaelin's feelings? How does he approach Jaelin's emotions?

2. Is Bellocq unstable?

3. How does Buddy feel about John Robichaux?

4. Is Buddy helpless? How?

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

6. What happens to Buddy's view of the women in his life at the end of Chapter 2? Why does this happen?

7. At the end of Chapter 2, is a new crisis inevitable? Why?

8. What analogy does Buddy use to describe Webb's intervention?

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

10. Is Dude Botley superstitious about hymns? How?

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

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."

Essay Topic 3

Webb is Buddy's oldest friend and is the one responsible for finding him. Buddy and Webb as adults seem to be polar opposites. Discuss Webb and Buddy's friendship and what role Webb plays. Why is Webb the character for these events? What does he offer to the narrative?

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