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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dinah feel about Hart's story about Margo?
(a) She could not care less.
(b) She has no reaction.
(c) She is outraged.
(d) She is amused.

2. Paul recognizes the man in #159 as the same guy _________________________.
(a) who ran into him on the sidewalk.
(b) gave him his seat on the subway.
(c) he pointed out to Estelle at the Go Hole.
(d) who butted in front of him in the supermarket line.

3. What else does Paul try to explain to the woman in #136?
(a) The search for love.
(b) Fear of failure.
(c) Ennui.
(d) The beat generation.

4. Why do the men look for Albert Ancke?
(a) To tell him about Christine.
(b) To buy marijuana.
(c) To take him to a party.
(d) To crash at his place.

5. Where does Dinah work in Chapter 10?
(a) A drugstore.
(b) A doctor's office.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) A restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Paul sees a group of __________________ on the subway.

2. Why does Hart need to borrow money from Paul?

3. How long had Jack Waters been in the insane asylum?

4. Which of the following has NOT been arrested as declared by Verger?

5. At the dismal bar, a man plays songs on a/an _________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Ancke's constantly tidying up at Stofsky's apartment?

2. What is the metaphor of both Hart and Pasternak wanting a road trip at this point in time?

3. Why does the author position the grubby young man at the wharfside bar?

4. How does Agatson's death demonstrate the futility of the lives of all the characters?

5. What does Agatson's verbal attack on Verger mean and why does May even defend Agatson?

6. Why doesn't Paul mail the letters he writes to Liza?

7. Instead of their immature treatment of Kathryn, what is really important to Paul and Pasternak?

8. How do Paul and Pasternak feel about the tension between them regarding Pasternak's affair with Kathryn?

9. What is it about Hart that makes him become the group's leader?

10. Why is the Go Hole not a place that Stofsky and some other characters do not feel comfortable going?

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