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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. Paul's letters to Liza are filled with ______________________.
(a) promises.
(b) over-romanticized nonsense.
(c) plans.
(d) despair.

2. What holiday takes place during Chapter 6?
(a) The Fourth of July.
(b) Easter.
(c) Memorial Day.
(d) Christmas.

3. Stofsky gets a job at ______________________.
(a) a coffee shop.
(b) Stanford.
(c) New York Presbyterian Hospital.
(d) the Associated Press.

4. With whom is Verger in love?
(a) Suzanne.
(b) Joely.
(c) May.
(d) Amanda.

5. What had Hart done two years earlier while taking the drug in #97?
(a) Committed himself.
(b) Stole cars.
(c) Slit his wrists.
(d) Jumped off a building.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the woman in #85 live?

2. Why could Hart not meet Margo at her apartment?

3. What does Albert do in Stofsky's apartment during the hours when he is awake?

4. What does Verger give to Ketcham to return to Stofsky?

5. Where is Kathryn going for the weekend?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Agatson's party the worst one in the entire novel?

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

3. What do Paul and Kathryn realize at the end of the story?

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

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

6. Why does Paul feel the need to call Estelle?

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

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

9. Who seems to be the only truly loving person in this group of friends?

10. Why does Paul not even try to defend himself when Kathryn confronts him about his letters to Liza?

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