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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. Which of the following is NOT a reason Angie gives for missing Florida?

2. What does Jack's mother offer an Indian couple she sees in Mexico?

3. What is Ben doing when Jack and his mother first see him?

4. How does Irwin describe Hubbard?

5. Why does Jack decide to finally marry Ruth?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jack describe Cody when he tries to retrieve some money lent to him?

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

3. How does Irwin describe Hubbard?

4. What surprises Jack when he meets a group of English Beat teenagers in London?

5. What happens on Jack's first night in Mexico City at the end of the book?

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

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

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

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

10. What is one of Jack's main reasons for wanting to move back to California?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Jack and his friends were setting out to revolutionize the world. Please cite examples from the text as you explain what this revolution was and the changes they planned to make in the world.

Essay Topic 3

Solitude is something that Jack often sought throughout the book. Where did he find it? How did this solitude affect his character and his relationships with the other characters in the book?

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