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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. Where did Homer live before he moved to California?

2. Who are the subjects for Tod's most recent painting?

3. Why did Mrs. Jenning's change professions?

4. What does Tod take to get home?

5. Where does Homer take his walks?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Homer meet Faye?

2. How confident is Tod that he can get Faye to fall in love with him?

3. How does the author begin the story with interest so that the setting and time period are different from what is originally thought?

4. What were the circumstances of Homer Simpson's move to California?

5. Explain how the cock fight in Homer's garage is a scene of foreshadowing.

6. What happens when Tod and Claude arrive at Mrs. Jenning's?

7. How does Tod prepare to speak to Faye one more time about working at Mrs. Jenning's?

8. Explain how Tod is getting an education apart from anything he ever learned at Yale.

9. What is Tod's experience with Joan Schwartzen?

10. What is the significance of Harry's death for Faye?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the metaphor of the piles of movie set debris Tod encounters while looking for Faye.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the circumstances surrounding Tod's move to California? From where had he come? Why did he make the move? What does he hope to do with his life?

Essay Topic 3

Why does the author insert a character like Abe Kusich who is a dwarf? How does Tod accept Abe's presence in his life? What does Abe mean for Tod? For the story?

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