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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 is most shocking to Angie about Mexicans?

2. How long does Angie wait to return to Florida after her furniture arrives in California?

3. Why does Ruth ask Jack to move out of her apartment?

4. What time does Jack and his mother reach their final destination?

5. What does Jack credit for Cody's incarceration?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jack think childbirth is a disservice?

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

3. What does Jack find when he returns from helping a friend move some of his things?

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

5. What is Angie's first impression of Mexico when Jack takes her over the border?

6. Who is Jack forced to sit with in the dining room on his journey back to New York and why?

7. How does Irwin describe Hubbard?

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

9. How does Jack feel about the Beat society by the time he is ready to leave Tangiers?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Jack change through the course of the book? What causes these changes?

Essay Topic 2

Jack showed devotion to a number of different people and organizations. Who were these people and organizations, and how did Jack's devotion to them alter the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Alyce is a minor character whose presence makes a big difference in the plot. How does she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence, however brief, alters the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if Alyce had not been in the book?

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