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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. Why is Hubbard jealous of Simon?

2. Where does Jack's mother live?

3. Where does Cody ultimately want to end up?

4. What is the name of the ship that Jack travels on after leaving New York?

5. What one word does Angie use to describe how love should be?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What causes Jack's disgust for the civilized world to increase while he is on the ship heading to Africa?

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

6. Why is Jack so disappointed when he arrives in San Francisco with his mother?

7. What is Jack and Angie's new apartment like?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Religion is a theme ouched on a number of times in this book. Where did this theme appear, and how did it affect the characters involved in those scenes?

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