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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 does Gaines earn his money?

2. How much does Pat's sack weigh?

3. What does Jack call his friend, Simon?

4. Where does the strange car ride end for the poets?

5. What does Jack see illusions of while he is out in the storm all night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What illusion does Jack have about the moon one night about a month before he leaves Washington?

2. What does Simon save his brother from?

3. How does Jack describe the trumpet player in the Cellar?

4. How does the waitress at the luncheonette treat Jack?

5. Why is Jarry fired from the fire station?

6. What is Jack's schedule like at college?

7. Why is Jack so void of emotion as he leaves the cabin where he lived in all summer?

8. What does Jack think about the men looking at a pornographic magazine?

9. Why is Jack not affected by the news stories going on around him when he is in Washington?

10. What is the purest truth that Jack has learned from Buddha?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in this book all have their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the other characters around them.

Essay Topic 2

Nature and its power is a huge theme in this book. What are some of the main examples of this theme, and which character is most affected by it?

Essay Topic 3

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

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