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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 game do they play to pass the time?

2. What did the letter M mean to Maggie?

3. Why does Patrick send Maggie a note?

4. Who is the British actress in bed with Will in Rio the day before the World Cup game?

5. What rank was Phillip Bradford?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Patrick O'Malley and Maggie Bradford meet?

2. How does Winnie Lawrence convince Will to play for the American team even though Will is convinced they don't have a chance?

3. What attributes enable Will to play outstanding football in England until he leaves Fulham Road Primary School?

4. Why has Maggie decided to write her story?

5. How does Will handle his first meeting with Maggie?

6. What does Vannie do that is inappropriate and fosters Will's sexual indifference to women?

7. What is it about Victoria Lansdowne that contributes to the fact that Will rapes her?

8. What happens to Will's concentration in the final seconds of the World Cup game that causes them to lose it?

9. What are the issues that bring Phillip to the edge of insanity and make him want to kill his family?

10. How does Will's new headmaster at Fulham Road Primary School describe Will?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Palmer was in a position to intervene on his brother's behalf on more than one occasion. Why is it that he didn't, according to the novel? If he had, what changes would have occurred? Which lives would have been affected had Palmer chosen to turn Will in when he found him in the hotel in Rio, for example? How might this have impacted Will's life and Palmer as well?

Essay Topic 2

Phillip and Will both abuse drugs which seemingly leads to increased manic behavior. Is drug abuse the reason these two men became so unstable? Without drug use, would they have resorted to the violent behavior patterns that they exhibited? What affect do drugs have on the mind? Are some more dangerous than others? Does alcohol enhance or decrease the effects of drugs on a system? What is the scale of drugs beginning with the most violence inducing drug and working to the most harmless? Is there such a thing as a harmless drug? If so, what is it and why is it essentially harmless? Support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Maggie chooses two men who put her through the wringer. Is her attraction to violent men something that comes from habit? What makes a woman choose the same personality traits over and over again in a mate? It is said that women choose men that remind them of their fathers. Is that true? How are we programmed to choose a mate? What characteristics are we looking for and why are they the things that we are attracted to?

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