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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Angie not unpack all of her things that arrive from Florida?
(a) Their apartment is too small.
(b) She wants new things.
(c) She has no intention of staying there.
(d) She did not know they were there.

2. What happens in California just as Jack and Angie leave for Florida?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) A series of mudslides.
(c) A heat wave.
(d) A tidal wave.

3. When does Jack regain his excitement for the trip to Tangiers?
(a) When he can see land.
(b) When he reads some of his past work.
(c) When his opium fog clears.
(d) When he speaks with some other travelers.

4. What does Raphael do with his painting of the David?
(a) Gives it to Jack.
(b) Sells it on the street.
(c) Hangs it over the fireplace.
(d) Puts it in his room.

5. Who does Jack plan to live with when he finally returns to America?
(a) Simon and Irwin.
(b) His mother.
(c) Alyce.
(d) Ruth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack say Bull Gaines's death marked?

2. What does Jack buy with the money he borrows from Irwin?

3. When does Jack sneak away from Paris to London?

4. What does Jack do to console himself when he learns that Gaines is dead?

5. Where does Jack go to escape from his mother for a little bit while they are living together?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Raphael do on his return to New York that earns him great respect?

2. How does Hubbard survive in Tangiers with no real work?

3. How does Angie describe California after living there for a few weeks?

4. What does Angie do when she finds out that Ben is a Buddhist?

5. How does Jack describe his mother as he gets ready for his trip to California with her?

6. What does Hubbard express a need to purge himself of, and why?

7. What is the highlight of the Duluozes short trip through Mexico?

8. What is Jack's response when Alyce asks to be allowed to go with him to Africa?

9. Where is Jack living at the end of the book, and how does he feel about it?

10. What does Jack find when he returns to Mexico to write a new novel?

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