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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 Nathan say a man's character is judged on in Chapter 19?

2. How many corpses are in the Meat Wagon in the end of Chapter 20?

3. How did Blake kill his father?

4. Why does Finney say he entered Blake's cellar in Chapter 14?

5. What is Blake hit with, knocking him out, when he enters Sally's flat in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Blake encounter when he awakens from his dream in Chapter 16?

2. What does the newspaper article describe in Chapter 17? How does Blake react to the story?

3. When the action returns to the present in Chapter 11, what obstacles does Blake face?

4. What did Blake do after killing his father? How did it affect his life?

5. What saves Blake in the end of the novel? What is his mindset in the end of the story?

6. What actions does Blake take in Chapter 12? What does his disguise reflect about his character?

7. What dream does Blake describe in Chapter 16?

8. What does Blake do with Finney in Chapter 17?

9. How are the characters reflected through a moral lens in Chapter 15?

10. What does Blake tell the mechanic when he encounters him in Chapter 18?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze elements of foreshadowing in the novel. Where in the first chapters has the author indicated later events?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the characters of Nathan and Mandy Munton in the narrative. What power does each of these characters have over Blake?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the character of Fenton in the narrative. How did Fenton come to own Hoppers? How long has he been in Mangel?

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