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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 color is the pickup truck that Gary desires?

2. What is the nickname Nicole earns when she is in school because of her growing chest?

3. Who does Nicole decide to leave with when she is seven months pregnant and homeless?

4. Whose albums did Gary and Bessie listen to during some of their happier times together?

5. Campbell says that while suicide is a sin, paying for your sins with ______________ would not necessarily be wrong.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gary make April tell Brenda after the two spend the night together at the Holiday Inn?

2. What does Peter see that causes him to talk to Ida about his findings?

3. What does Sterling attribute to causing the bond between himself and Gary?

4. Describe the character of Peter Galovan, a character who emerges in Book 1, Part 3.

5. What is the evidence the prosecution has in the case against Gary?

6. What does Cline Campbell have to say about Gary's decision to let the state kill him?

7. What do people have to say about Gary's talents as an artist?

8. What are some of the things Gary thinks are interesting, revealing that he hasn't been in a bar in a long time?

9. What is the new object of Gary's automobile desires?

10. Who will Gary live with after he gets out of prison?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Grace, Gary's apologist, continues to believe he does not deserve to die, that there were other reasons for his actions.

Part 1: Describe the two reasons why Grace thinks Gary may not deserve to be punished.

Part 2: Why would someone like Grace stick up for Gary?

Part 3: If you were in a similar position as Grace, would you have stuck up for Gary? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

While Gary seems to have had some rough times in his life, he also seems willing to make changes as needed.

Part 1: Describe what Gary does after his first prison term to begin a new life in a positive direction.

Part 2: What are some of the ways Gary sabotages his future?

Part 3: Why do you think Gary doesn't stick on the positive path he began?

Essay Topic 3

One's image of themselves seems to spurn on that person's actions as well.

Part 1: How does Nicole see herself? What actions does she take as a result of this self image?

Part 2: How does Gary see himself? What actions does he take as a result of his self image?

Part 3: Would changing one's self image change one's actions? Why or why not?

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