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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 Homer eat for his dinner?

2. What does Harry ask Homer?

3. What was Harry's dream?

4. What is a sporting house?

5. What is Claude's profession?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tod spend so much time at the Greeners' apartment?

2. How does Mrs. Jenning run her sporting house?

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

4. How does Homer meet the woman that is a big part of his painful memories?

5. How does Tod come to spend his evenings with Harry even if Faye is not home?

6. What are Faye's plans now that Harry is dead?

7. Who is Harry Greener?

8. In what way does Tod think he might be able to get closer to Faye?

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

10. How did Tod come to live at the San Bernardino Arms?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are Faye's goals in life? Are they realistic? Why does Tod not figure into Faye's plans? Why does she attach herself to characters like Homer and Earle despite the fact that they cannot advance her goals?

Essay Topic 2

Describe a typical day in the life of Homer Simpson. How does he spend much of his time. Who are his friends? Who does he talk to? How does he take his meals? How does he get to sleep?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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